Hamas terrorist who bragged to parents about massacring Jews on Oct. 7 reportedly killed in airstrike

A Hamas terrorist who was heard bragging to his parents about slaughtering Jews during the October 7, 2023, onslaught in a recording released by the IDF was killed in an airstrike Thursday, several military reporters of Hebrew media outlets report, without citing clear sourcing.

The reports identify the man as Mahmoud Afana, and say he was killed in Deir al-Balah.

The IDF has not yet confirmed the strike or the terrorist’s death.

In the phone call, the man could be heard excitedly telling his parents that he is in Mefalsim, a kibbutz near the Gaza border, and that he alone had killed 10 Jews.

“Look how many I killed with my own hands! Your son killed Jews!” he said, according to an English translation.

“Mom, your son is a hero,” he later added.

His parents were heard praising him during the call. Identified by his father as Mahmoud, the terrorist said he was calling his family from the phone of a Jewish woman he’d just murdered, and implored them to check his WhatsApp messages for further documentation.

“Look how many I killed with my own hands! Your son killed Jews!”

Listen to a phone call of a Hamas terrorist calling home, bragging about how many people he massacred.

The whole world needs to hear this. pic.twitter.com/Xv0ykyxvrF

— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) October 24, 2023