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IDF, Shin Bet say Gaza City strike killed Hamas terrorist involved in kidnapping Yaffa Adar
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF and Shin Bet announce that a Hamas terrorist involved in the kidnapping of Yaffa Adar, 85, during the October 7, 2023, onslaught was killed in an airstrike in Gaza City yesterday.
The terrorist is identified as Mohammed Rasmi Marzouk Baraka, a member of Hamas’s intelligence division.
Baraka can be seen in infamous footage showing the abduction of Adar from Kibbutz Nir Oz. Adar was released from captivity in November 2023.
The second terrorist in the car, Asim Hatab, was reportedly killed several months following Adar’s abduction, though the military has not confirmed this.
The military does not say where in Gaza City the strike took place yesterday.
Hamas authorities reported yesterday that a strike on a former school in the neighborhood of Tuffah in Gaza City killed at least 15, and another strike near a market in the city killed a further 33. The figures have not been verified and do not differentiate between civilians and combatants.
The IDF says Hamas “systematically violates international law, while cynically using civilian infrastructure for terror activity.”
This video shows the abduction of hostage Yaffa Adar on October 7, 2023, by Hamas terrorist Mohammed Rasmi Marzouk Baraka. (Israel Defense Forces)
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