The IDF and Shin Bet confirmed the death of a Hamas commander who was directly involved in the October 7 massacre, the military said Friday.
Muhammad Uthayn, Commander of Hamas’ Daraj Tuffah Battalion and one of the perpetrators of the October 7 massacre, was killed in the area of Daraj Tuffah.
The military had earlier confirmed the deaths of four other terrorists who were killed over the course of this past week in Gaza.
They were named as Barhoum Shahin, the Head of the Western Gaza District in the General Security Apparatus; Asham Tzartzur, the Head of Hamas' Government Emergency Committee in eastern Gaza; Faraj al-’Aoul, the head of Hamas’ Legal Bureau; and Raed Khaled Hassan Jibain, a Palestinian Islamic Jihad operative and a central figure in the transfer of funds to the PIJ in the West Bank.
Shahin, Tzartzur, and al-’Aoul were involved in Hamas’ security and governance over the Gazan population, as well as assisting the organization’s fighters while working to further repress and incite violence within the Gaza Strip.
“The General Security Apparatus is a secretive and significant mechanism in the Hamas terrorist organization, which is responsible for exposing 'collaborators' and securing Hamas’ senior officials and its assets in the Gaza Strip and outside of it,” the IDF explained.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist
Jibain was killed on Sunday. He was imprisoned in Israel between 2006 and 2015 for his involvement in terrorist activities as a member of PIJ. He served as the main financial transfer conduit for the PIJ in the West Bank.
These funds were used to finance arms and to facilitate advanced terror attacks against Israeli civilians, according to the IDF.