IDF confirms it killed Oct. 7 terrorist employed by aid group World Central Kitchen

The IDF says a terrorist it killed in a drone strike in the southern Gaza Strip earlier today participated in the October 7 onslaught in Kibbutz Nir Oz.

The terrorist, Ahed Qadih, was also employed by the World Central Kitchen aid organization.

Palestinian media reported that the strike in Khan Younis killed five people, including three local aid workers with WCK. The army did not remark on the other people allegedly killed.

“The terrorist was under intelligence surveillance for a long period, and was struck following reliable information about his location in real-time,” the military says.

Qadih “infiltrated Israel and took part in the murderous October 7 massacre in Kibbutz Nir Oz,” according to the IDF.

The military says that “according to current information, it is not possible to link the terrorist to a specific abduction attempt.”

The IDF calls to “avoid the spreading of rumors that hurt the families and the public,” as some Hebrew media reports link the terrorist to the abduction of specific Israelis on October 7, 2023.

Following the strike, representatives of the Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) “demanded of senior officials from the international community and the WCK administration to clarify the issue and order an urgent examination regarding the hiring of workers who took part in the October 7 massacre and terrorist attacks against the State of Israel.

“COGAT is again calling on the international organizations that operate in the Gaza Strip to provide Israeli authorities with details of local employees that are hired by them in the Gaza Strip, to ensure that terrorists are not making use of the humanitarian arena,” the IDF adds.