Israel confirms it killed Hamas commander who led Oct. 7 attacks

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Monday it killed a Hamas commander who participated in the terrorist group’s Oct . 7 massacre on Israel that killed 1,200 people.

IDF announced on the social platform X that it had killed Adil Mismah, the Nukhba company commander in the Gazan city of Deir al-Balah.

According to a report in The Jerusalem Post, Mismah led the attack on Kibbutz Kissufim and directed gunmen to devastate other kibbutz communities.

Israeli authorities also announced that troops struck Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror targets and located large amounts of weapons while naval forces struck Hamas terror targets and continued to support IDF ground troops in Gaza.