The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that a top Hamas commander responsible for the brutal October 7 attack on Kibbutz Nir Oz has been killed in a targeted drone strike.
Abd al-Hadi Sabah, who led the incursion into Kibbutz Nir Oz that devastated the community near the Gaza border on October 7, was killed in the western Khan Yunis battalion on Tuesday local time.
The IDF said in a release on social media on Tuesday that they carried out the intelligence-based attack in conjunction with the Israeli Security Agency (ISA).
The agencies said Sabah was hiding in a shelter in the designated humanitarian zone in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza.
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Abd al-Hadi Sabah was one of the terrorist leaders who infiltrated Kibbutz Nir Oz on 7 October and led other attacks against IDF soldiers. (IDF via X)
The agencies noted that Saba was one of the leaders of the incursion into Kibbutz Nir Oz during October 7 and was a leader in “several terrorist attacks against IDF soldiers”.
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“The IDF and ISA will continue to take action against all terrorists who took part in the deadly massacre of October 7,” the agencies said.
The IDF said they took “numerous steps” to minimize harm to civilians, using “precise munitions, intelligence and aerial surveillance”.
The debris of a house destroyed during a battle in Kibbutz Nir Oz, Israel. (Coby Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Nearly half of the 400 residents were killed or taken captive during an October 7 attack led by Sabah on the destruction of Kibbutz Nir Oz in southern Israel.
