{"id":93104,"date":"2026-07-03T19:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T00:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/?p=93104"},"modified":"2026-07-03T19:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T00:10:10","slug":"idf-kills-hamas-terrorist-who-abducted-capt-daniel-perez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/idf-kills-hamas-terrorist-who-abducted-capt-daniel-perez\/","title":{"rendered":"IDF kills Hamas terrorist who abducted Capt. Daniel Perez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By STEVE LINDE<\/p>\n<p>(<em>JNS.org<\/em>)&nbsp; \u2013&nbsp;The Israel Defense Forces and Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) announced on Friday that they had \u201celiminated\u201d a top Hamas terrorist who took part in the Oct. 7, 2023, kidnapping of Capt. Daniel Perez and later held three Israeli hostages in captivity in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_93105\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Perez.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93105\" class=\"wp-image-93105 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Perez-225x300.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Perez-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Perez.webp 375w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 225px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 225\/300;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93105\" class=\"wp-image-93105 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Perez-225x300.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Perez-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Perez.webp 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-93105\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The last photograph of IDF Capt. Daniel Perez, 22, taken at 6 p.m. on Oct. 6, 2023, close to his base in southern Israel. Credit: Courtesy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Muhammad Jandiya, the head of military security for Hamas\u2019s Shejaiya Battalion, was killed in a strike carried out on Wednesday in northern Gaza, the IDF and Shin Bet said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>During the Hamas massacre on Oct. 7, Jandiya commanded a Nukhba Force cell that infiltrated Kibbutz Nahal Oz and took part in the abduction of Perez, after he was killed during the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Perez, who was 22, commanded Staff Sgt. Itay Chen and Sgt. Tomer Leibovich, who were also killed by Hamas on Oct. 7, while another soldier under his command,&nbsp;<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/israel-news\/freed-hostage-fulfills-mothers-promise-to-pray-at-rabbis-tomb\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">Matan Angrest<\/a><\/span>, was taken hostage.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Israeli military, Jandiya was also responsible for holding hostages Yotam Haim, Samar Talalka and Alon Shamriz in an underground tunnel in the Shejaiya area of Gaza City. The three men were mistakenly killed by IDF troops in December 2023 after escaping captivity.<\/p>\n<p>In his senior role within Hamas\u2019s Shejaiya Battalion, Jandiya had recently been involved in planning additional terrorist attacks against Israeli forces operating in the Gaza Strip, the military said. It said Jandiya was among the masked Hamas men who participated in the terrorist group\u2019s staged ceremonies during hostage-release deals.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Perez\u2019s family held a symbolic first funeral after the IDF declared him dead in March 2024, even though his body remained in Hamas captivity. Perez\u2019s body was returned to Israel on Oct. 13, 2025, as part of a hostage-release deal, and he was buried two days later at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery.<\/p>\n<p>His father, Rabbi Doron Perez, president of the World Zionist Organization and executive chairman of the World Mizrachi Movement, thanked the Israeli army and Shin Bet for bringing his son\u2019s captor to justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat a&nbsp;<i>zechut<\/i>&nbsp;[privilege] to live in a sovereign Jewish state where we are able to bring such evildoers to justice,\u201d he said in a video posted on Facebook in Amsterdam. \u201cAs I said at our son Daniel\u2019s second funeral, \u2018We may be the smallest nation in the world, but we are the largest family.\u2019&nbsp;<i>Am Yisrael Chai<\/i>!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The IDF said Southern Command forces remain deployed in accordance with the ceasefire understandings and will continue operating to remove any immediate threat to Israeli troops and civilians.<\/p>\n<p><em>Steve Linde, the JNS features editor, is a former editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post and The Jerusalem Report and a former head of Kol Yisrael English News<\/em><\/p>\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%20terrorist%20who%20abducted%20Capt.%20Daniel%20Perez\";<\/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":93105,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[15250,40,8790,8795,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93104"}],"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=93104"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93106,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93104\/revisions\/93106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}