{"id":93641,"date":"2026-08-14T06:28:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T11:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/?p=93641"},"modified":"2026-08-14T06:29:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T11:29:29","slug":"idf-confirms-killing-hamas-commander-who-held-israeli-hostages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/idf-confirms-killing-hamas-commander-who-held-israeli-hostages\/","title":{"rendered":"IDF confirms killing Hamas commander who held Israeli hostages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(JNS.org) \u2013 The Israel Defense Forces on Friday confirmed the killing of a Hamas company commander who participated in the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre and was involved in holding Israeli hostages in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hamas_logo.svg_.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-61386 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hamas_logo.svg_-274x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"174\" height=\"191\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hamas_logo.svg_-274x300.png 274w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hamas_logo.svg_-934x1024.png 934w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hamas_logo.svg_-768x842.png 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hamas_logo.svg_.png 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 174px) 100vw, 174px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 174px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 174\/191;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-61386\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hamas_logo.svg_-274x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"174\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hamas_logo.svg_-274x300.png 274w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hamas_logo.svg_-934x1024.png 934w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hamas_logo.svg_-768x842.png 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hamas_logo.svg_.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 174px) 100vw, 174px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a>Muhammad Mushtaha was killed in a targeted strike in the northern Gaza Strip two weeks ago, according to the military. Mushtaha served as a company commander in the Shati Battalion of Hamas\u2019s \u201cmilitary\u201d wing and infiltrated Israel during the Oct. 7 massacre.<\/p>\n<p>During the subsequent war, he took part in holding numerous hostages captive, including Tsachi Idan, Cpl.&nbsp;<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/israel-news\/idf-lookout-noa-marciano-killed-by-doctor-at-shifa-hospital\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">Noa Marciano<\/a><\/span>,&nbsp;<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/israel-news\/ex-hostage-twins-attend-first-maccabi-tel-aviv-game-since-release\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">Ziv Berman<\/a><\/span>,&nbsp;<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/feature\/held-beaten-defiant-omri-mirans-father-reveals-ordeal-of-gazan-captivity\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">Omri Miran<\/a><\/span>,&nbsp;<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/israel-news\/idf-soldier-former-hamas-captive-returns-to-service\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">Ori Megidish<\/a><\/span>,&nbsp;<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/israel-news\/terrorist-who-captured-idf-soldier-naama-levy-was-killed-in-a-drone-strike-army-reveals\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">Naama Levy<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;and&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>, the IDF said.<\/p>\n<p>The IDF added that since the ceasefire was reached between Israel and Hamas, Mushtaha had attempted to advance terrorist attacks on Israeli troops and civilians.<\/p>\n<p>He was targeted \u201cto remove the threat,\u201d according to the military.<\/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%20confirms%20killing%20Hamas%20commander%20who%20held%20Israeli%20hostages\";<\/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":61386,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,27],"tags":[40,8790,8795,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93641"}],"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=93641"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93642,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93641\/revisions\/93642"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}