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Thursday, January 30, 2025
IDF confirms killing two Hamas fighters who attacked base, abducted surveillance troops
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Two Hamas terrorists who participated in the killing and abduction of female surveillance soldiers at the Nahal Oz post on October 7, 2023 were eliminated by troops before the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip took effect, the IDF says.
An airstrike last month killed Haytham Hazem Hijazi Rajab, a member of Hamas’s elite Nukhba force in the terror group’s Shejaiya Battalion, according to the army.
Rajab had participated in the attack on the Nahal Oz post, and was involved in numerous more attacks on troops in Gaza amid the war, the IDF says.
The military also confirms that it took out Hamas terrorist Muhammad Abu Aseed in a September strike; it cleared a report on his killing earlier Thursday.
Abu Aseed was killed alongside other members of the terror group, the army says.
A member of Hamas’s Shati Battalion, the terrorist was involved in the attack on the Nahal Oz post and was seen abducting surveillance soldier Naama Levy, who was released last week.
The IDF waited until all seven abducted surveillance soldiers returned to Israel before publishing information about the strikes.
The Times of Israel Community.