Joint statement from the IDF and Shin Bet spokespersons: The IDF and Shin Bet eliminated the senior aide of the commander of the Gaza Brigade in the Hamas terrorist organization: A Nukhba terrorist who was involved in the infiltration incident during Operation Protective Edge in 2014 in which five IDF fighters were killed
In a joint operation by the IDF and Shin Bet, Mahmoud Ibrahim Hassan Abu Hatzirah, a terrorist in the Gaza Brigade of the Hamas terrorist organization, was eliminated a few days ago in an attack carried out in Gaza City.
In recent years, Abu Hatzirah served as the personal military aide and right-hand man of senior Hamas figure Izz al-Din Haddad, commander of the Gaza Brigade of the Hamas terrorist organization. This was throughout the war and in preparation for the terrorist attack on October 7.
The Nahba terrorist participated in the infiltration incident that took place on July 28, 2014, during Operation Protective Edge.
In the infiltration incident, Hamas Nahba terrorists raided a pillbox in the Nahal Oz sector, through a tunnel, and killed five IDF soldiers - Sergeant Daniel Kedmi, the late Sergeant Barkai Yishai Shor, Sergeant Erez Sagi, the late Sergeant Dor Deri, and Sergeant Nadav Raymond, the late Sergeant, and wounded another soldier.