Israel kills the leader of the Palestinian militia from October 7th
Israel kills the leader of the Palestinian militia from October 7th
Israeli military leadership has confirmed that the leader of a Palestinian militia was killed in the terrorist attacks of October 7, 2023 in southern Israel.
Who is Asaad Abu Sharia?
Asaad Abu Sharia, the leader of the Palestinian Mujahide Movement and its military unity, the Mujahideen brigades, was killed in a joint operation with the Israeli secret service Shin Bet, as the Israeli defense forces (IDF) announced on Saturday.
fatal air raid and its effects
The death of Abu Sharia and his brother Ahmed was confirmed by the militant group hours later after the civil defense reported that an Israeli air raid had hit their family house in the Sabra district of Gaza City. According to the Al-Aqsa TV operated by Hamas, at least 15 people were killed in this attack and several injured. In videos you could see how people were looking for a four -story house.
role of the Mujahideen brigades
The Mujahideen brigades were involved in the attacks on October 7, together with Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist groups. They held some of the best -known hostages, including a family whose suffering became the symbol of the attack. According to the Israeli military, Sharia was one of the military leaders who stormed the Kibbutz Nir Oz, a small Israeli community near the border with Gaza, where many residents were killed during the brutal terrorist attack.
crimes against the civilian population
According to the Israeli authorities, Sharia was directly involved in the kidnapping and murder of the Bibas family-a family that became the best-known victims of the attack, among other things because of the young age of Kfir and Ariel, who were nine months and four years old at the time of kidnapping. Kfir was the youngest hostage who kidnapped to Gaza and died. The mother, Shiri, was 32 years old at the time her kidnapping, while her father also captured Yarden, but was released alive in February after 484 days.reactions to Abu Sharia's death
The Bibas family expressed their “warm gratitude” to the Israeli forces and emphasized that Abu Sharia's death was “another step on the way to closure”. In a statement that was shared by the forum for hostages and missing families, the family said: “While Shiri, Ariel and Kfir cannot be brought back, we find a certain comfort in the knowledge that these hideous murderers will not damage any other family.”
other crimes in focus
The Israeli military also reported that Sharia was also involved in the kidnapping of the Israeli-American couple Gad Haggai and Judi Lynn Weinstein Haggai as well as the kidnapping and murder of the Thai national Nattapong Pinta. The Israeli-American couple was killed during the 2023 attack near their home in the Kibbutz Nir OZ. The body of Natapong, an agricultural worker who was kidnapped on October 7, was recovered in a military operation in southern Gazas on Friday.
Current situation of hostages
Israel believes that the Mujahideen brigades still hold the body of another foreign national. The group previously denied that it killed her hostages.
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