The IDF and Shin Bet eliminated the commander of Hamas’s Shejaiya Battalion, Wessam Farhat, the arch-terrorist responsible for dispatching “Nukhba” terrorists to Kibbutz Nahal Oz and the Nahal Oz IDF post on October 7, the IDF said on Saturday.
The IDF said that the Hamas battalion leader, who was also responsible for the slaying of six IDF soldiers during “Operation Protective Edge,” was eliminated in a targeted strike conducted by the air force.