The Hamas commander who orchestrated one of last week’s heinous deadly attacks on an Israeli kibbutz was killed in a targeted airstrike in Gaza, Israel’s military said on Sunday.
The Israel Defense Forces claimed that they had “neutralized” Billal Al Kedra, commander of the southern Khan Yunis Nukhba forces, in the Gaza Strip on Saturday night.
The military said Al Kedra was behind the massacre of dozens of innocent Israelis when Hamas terrorists stormed the Kibbutz Nirim community on October 7 as part of their sneak attack on Israel.
It was not immediately clear how many men, women and children were massacred in the attack on their farming community.
But a painter who lived in the devastated community told CNN afterward: “They just massacred everyone.
“They killed children, babies, grandmothers.”
Footage released by the IDF showed a missile destroying the building where Al Kedra was said to be hiding.
The Israel Defense Forces said they “neutralized” Billal Al Kedra, commander of the southern Khan Yunis Nukhba forces, in the Gaza Strip on Saturday night. IDF
“Terrorist operatives from Hamas and Islamic Jihad were also neutralized,” the military said in a statement.
“The IDF also attacked more than 100 military targets located in Zaytun, Khan Yunis and western Jabaliya,” the post said. “These attacks impacted the capabilities of the Hamas terrorist organization by attacking its operational command centers, military complexes, dozens of launchers, anti-tank missile launch sites, and observation posts.”
The terrorist giant’s death comes a day after two other Hamas chiefs, including the commander of the paraglider killers who massacred Israeli civilians from the air, were killed in similar Israeli-led attacks.
Palestinians try to rescue survivors alive from the rubble of a building following an Israeli attack in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday. Ahmed Zakot/Story Picture Agency/Shutterstock
Murad Abu Murad, the head of the Hamas Air Force, was eliminated when Israeli Air Force fighter jets attacked the Gaza City headquarters.
Ali Qadi, identified as “a company commander of Hamas’ ‘Nukhba’ commando force,” was killed in another attack.
“Ali Qadi led the inhumane and barbaric October 7 massacre of civilians in Israel,” the Israeli military tweeted on Saturday.
A video still shows the aftermath of the attack that killed Billal Al Kedra.FDI
“We just eliminated it. All Hamas terrorists will suffer the same fate.”
The series of attacks comes as Israeli forces positioned themselves along the Gaza border and conducted exercises for what Israel said would be an air, land and sea campaign to “destroy” the militant group.
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