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Hamas terrorist who invaded Nir Oz on October 7 killed in Gaza, says IDF

By Emanuel Fabian 22 April 2026, 12:16 pm 2 Edit

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

A Palestinian terrorist who participated in the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, onslaught was killed after approaching Israeli forces in the southern Gaza Strip yesterday, the military and Shin Bet announce.

According to the IDF, a terrorist who was identified operating near the Yellow Line and approaching forces of the Gaza Division “in a manner that posed an immediate threat” was targeted and killed in a strike.

Following an intelligence review, the IDF and Shin Bet say that the terrorist was identified as Khamis Muhammad Khamis Qassas, who invaded Kibbutz Nir Oz during the October 7 onslaught.

The military says that Qassas recently “led additional terrorists to the Yellow Line area to advance plans to attack IDF troops,” and during the war, he led other attacks on soldiers and Israeli civilians.

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