IDF says senior Mujahideen Brigades commander, involved in burying bodies of slain hostages, killed in Gaza strike

An airstrike in the Gaza Strip this week eliminated a senior commander in the Mujahideen Brigades terror group, who was involved in burying the bodies of slain hostages Gadi Haggai and Judih Weinstein, the military says.

The IDF says Ali Saadi Wasfi al-Agha was killed in a strike on a hideout in central Gaza on Monday.

Al-Agha headed the terror group’s southern Gaza unit and was set to take over the organization after its leader, Asaad Abu Sharia, was killed in a strike earlier this month, according to the military.

“Al-Agha, along with other senior members of the terror group, led the abduction, murder, holding in captivity, and burial of Israeli civilians” during the October 7 onslaught, the military says.

The IDF adds that he was specifically responsible for the burial of Haggai and Weinstein, whose bodies were recovered from Al-Agha’s home in Khan Younis this month.

Al-Agha was also involved in “directing terror activity under Iranian guidance” in the West Bank and Israel, and recruiting terror operatives, as well as carrying out attacks on troops in Gaza.

This past week, amid the conflict with Iran, the IDF says it struck some 300 “terror targets” in Gaza, including operatives, buildings used by terror groups, weapon depots, and missile and sniper posts.