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IDF says it killed Hamas terrorist who took part in kidnapping of Yarden Bibas
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Jihad Kamal Salem Najjar (left) and other Hamas terrorists abduct Yarden Bibas to Gaza after kidnapping him from his home in Nir Oz, a kibbutz in Israel near the Gaza border, on Oct. 7, 2023. His wife Shiri and son Ariel, 4, and baby Kfir, were also abducted. (AP Photo)
A Hamas terrorist who took part in the kidnapping of former hostage Yarden Bibas during the October 7 onslaught was killed in an Israeli airstrike earlier this month, the IDF and Shin Bet announce.
The strike on August 10 in Gaza killed Jihad Kamal Salem Najjar, who the military and Shin Bet say invaded Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, and abducted Yarden Bibas.
Bibas was released from captivity in February. His wife, Shiri, and two young sons, Ariel and Kfir, were abducted by the Mujahideen Brigades terror group and murdered in captivity, before their bodies were returned to Israel.
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