A Hamas terrorist who abducted Israeli hostages from a roadside bomb shelter near the Gaza border community of Re’im during the October 7, 2023, onslaught was killed in an airstrike yesterday, the military announces.
The IDF says the strike targeting Youssef Ayesh Awad Ramadan was to “remove a threat” to troops.
Ramadan, a deputy commander of a Nukhba Force cell, invaded Israel on October 7 and took part in the abduction of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alon Ohel, Eliya Cohen and Or Levy, according to the IDF.
The IDF says that during the war and recently, Ramadan advanced attacks on Israeli troops and citizens, “and therefore posed an immediate threat to our forces operating in the Gaza Strip.”
In April, the IDF announced that another Hamas terrorist who abducted those four hostages from Re’im was also killed.
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