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IDF says it killed Hamas commander who planned Oct. 7 aerial infiltration
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The commander of Hamas’s aerial forces in Gaza City was killed in a recent airstrike, the IDF and Shin Bet announce.
According to the military, Nidal al-Najjar was among the Hamas terrorists who planned the aerial infiltration into Israel during the October 7 onslaught.
On October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists flew over the border in paragliders and carried out a massacre in southern Israel.
Al-Najjar was killed in an airstrike on Tuesday, the military says.
The IDF says he was also responsible for Hamas’s air defenses, and during the war carried out explosive-laden drone attacks against troops operating in Gaza.
