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Wednesday, June 17, 2026
IDF: Two Hamas terrorists who took part in Oct. 7 attack killed in central Gaza
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Two Hamas terrorists who invaded Israel during the October 7 onslaught were killed in an airstrike in the central Gaza Strip yesterday, the IDF announces.
The strike killed Ahmed Abu Hein, the commander of a sniper cell, and Mahmoud Walid Jabr Abu Hein, another member of the terror group’s military wing. Both had invaded Israel on October 7, 2023, and participated in the Hamas-led attack, according to the military.
Recently, the pair had “worked to rebuild the Hamas terror organization in violation of the ceasefire agreement, and to advance terror attack plans against IDF troops and the State of Israel,” the IDF says, adding that they posed “an immediate threat” and were therefore killed in a “precise” strike.
חיל-האוויר תקף אתמול במרכז רצועת עזה וחיסל את אחמד אבו הין, ראש חוליית צליפה בזרוע הצבאית בארגון הטרור חמאס, ואת מחמוד וליד גבר אבו הין, מחבל בזרוע הצבאית בארגון הטרור חמאס.
שני המחבלים פשטו לשטח מדינת ישראל בטבח הרצחני ב-7 באוקטובר.
במהלך התקופה האחרונה, המחבלים פעלו לשיקום… pic.twitter.com/AF1a1vovP5
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Earlier, the IDF announced it had killed two other terrorists who invaded Israel on October 7 in strikes over the weekend.
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