The strike on Wednesday in southern Gaza's Khan Younis killed Mohammad Mahmoud Marshad al-Qadi, a company commander in Hamas's elite Nukhba Force, according to the military. During the October 7 onslaught, al-Qadi led the raid on the Sufa army post, the IDF says, adding that during the war he held hostages in the Rafah area. The military justifies the strike amid the ceasefire by saying that al-Qadi had recently been leading training of Hamas terrorists, acting to restore the terror group's capabilities, and advancing attacks on troops and Israeli civilians, "in a systematic violation of the ceasefire." "The terrorist was eliminated to remove the threat he posed," the IDF adds.
A Hamas commander who led the invasion of the military's Sufa post on the border with the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, as well as held hostages in captivity, was killed in an airstrike earlier this week, the IDF announces. The strike on Wednesday in southern Gaza's Khan Younis killed Mohammad Mahmoud Marshad al-Qadi, a company commander in Hamas's elite Nukhba Force, according to the military. During the October 7 onslaught, al-Qadi led the raid on the Sufa army post, the IDF says, adding that during the war he held hostages in the Rafah area. The military justifies the strike amid the ceasefire by saying that al-Qadi had recently been leading training of Hamas terrorists, acting to restore the terror group's capabilities, and advancing attacks on troops and Israeli civilians, "in a systematic violation of the ceasefire." "The terrorist was eliminated to remove the threat he posed," the IDF adds.
