{"id":89792,"date":"2025-09-29T07:39:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T12:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=89792"},"modified":"2025-09-29T07:39:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T12:39:39","slug":"idf-kills-hamas-oct-7-commander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/idf-kills-hamas-oct-7-commander\/","title":{"rendered":"IDF kills Hamas Oct. 7 commander"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By JNS STAFF<\/p>\n<p>(<em>JNS.org<\/em><span class=\"light-weight-content\">) \u2013&nbsp;<\/span>The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday announced the elimination of Hasan Mahmoud Hasan Hussein, a Nukhba company commander in Hamas\u2019s Bureij Battalion who took part in the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_89794\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/idf-gazz-2-1320x880-1.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89794\" class=\"wp-image-89794 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/idf-gazz-2-1320x880-1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/idf-gazz-2-1320x880-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/idf-gazz-2-1320x880-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/idf-gazz-2-1320x880-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/idf-gazz-2-1320x880-1.jpeg 1320w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89794\" class=\"wp-image-89794 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/idf-gazz-2-1320x880-1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/idf-gazz-2-1320x880-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/idf-gazz-2-1320x880-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/idf-gazz-2-1320x880-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/idf-gazz-2-1320x880-1.jpeg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-89794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israel Defense Forces soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, September 2025. Credit: IDF.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hussein operated alongside Muhammad Abu Atiwi, killed in October 2024, and the two led the attack on the bomb shelter on Route 232 in Kibbutz Re\u2019im. He also took part in the abduction of Israeli civilians, according to the military.<\/p>\n<p>As a Nukhba commander, Hussein directed and carried out multiple attacks against IDF troops during the war in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday afternoon, Palestinian terrorists fired two rockets toward Israeli civilian communities from the northern Strip, the IDF stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInterception attempts were made toward the launches, which did not cross into Israeli territory and fell within the Gaza Strip,\u201d according to the IDF, which said air-raid sirens were activated in some open areas.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past several weeks, the IDF\u2019s 188th Armored Brigade and 828th Brigade have been operating in the Gaza City area as part of \u201cOperation Gideon\u2019s Chariots II.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Troops have eliminated dozens of terrorists, dismantled tunnel shafts and underground routes and uncovered concealed weapons hidden in civilian neighborhoods, the military said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media-oembed-video _video-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"821401961\" title=\"Elimination of a Terrorist Who Approached IDF Troops\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RQFES0cZ9Fg?feature=oembed&amp;showinfo=0&amp;rel=0&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jns.org\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-17=\"true\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-31835130_125=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The IDF reported on Monday morning that its soldiers uncovered and neutralized explosive devices during recent ground operations in the Gaza City area, including one hidden inside a multi-story structure.<\/p>\n<p>According to the military, a drone identified a booby-trapped device hidden under a blanket on the sixth floor of the building, which was subsequently dismantled without casualties. Additional arms and explosives intended for attacks against soldiers were also found.<\/p>\n<p>Also in Gaza City, a terrorist who fired mortar shells at soldiers was killed in an Israeli Air Force strike, according to the IDF statement.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli soldiers \u201celiminated terrorists, dismantled terrorist infrastructure, and neutralized explosive devices that were intended to harm troops in the area,\u201d the IDF said. \u201cAdditionally, IDF troops dismantled structures that were used by terrorists to conduct surveillance on IDF troops.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During parallel operations in Khan Yunis in the south, IDF&nbsp;soldiers eliminated terrorist operatives who were spotted in their vicinity. In addition, the Israeli Navy struck a Hamas weapons storage facility.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, soldiers spotted a terrorist attempting to plant an explosive device near a Namer armored personnel carrier and opened fire, killing him. Shortly afterward, another terrorist cell was identified in the same area and struck in a joint operation involving the brigade\u2019s Fire Control Center and an Israeli Air Force craft.<\/p>\n<p>Also on Sunday, the IDF destroyed a Hamas high-rise in the Gaza City area that contained terror infrastructure used to plan and launch attacks against Israeli forces, according to the military.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnother terror tower collapses in Gaza, joining the many hundreds that have fallen before it,\u201d Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Sinwar brothers destroyed Gaza, and their successor [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/last-hamas-commander-said-to-be-dug-in-in-gaza-city-ahead-of-idf-assault\/\">Ezz el-Din al-Haddad<\/a>] is destroying it\u2014until all the hostages are released and Hamas disarms,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media-oembed-video\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" title=\"X Post\" data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=JNS_org&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1972374309411934593&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jns.org%2Fidf-kills-hamas-terrorist-who-committed-massacre-on-oct-7%2F&amp;sessionId=1718e9c0bceee9159b0ebe6c50ca88268ab9ff5a&amp;siteScreenName=JNS_org&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-17=\"true\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-31835130_125=\"true\" data-tweet-id=\"1972374309411934593\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The IDF said that steps were taken to minimize civilian harm ahead of the strike, including advance warnings, the use of precision munitions and aerial surveillance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHamas and other terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip systematically violate international law, exploiting civilian infrastructure and using the Gazan population as human shields,\u201d the IDF said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media-oembed-video _video-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"514741886\" title=\"Activity of the 188th Brigade in Gaza City\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P7JFaf4X3U8?feature=oembed&amp;showinfo=0&amp;rel=0&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jns.org\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-17=\"true\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-31835130_125=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"IDF%20kills%20Hamas%20Oct.%207%20commander\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":89794,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[491,8781,8790,8795,8788,380,946],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89792"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89792"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89795,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89792\/revisions\/89795"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}