"The strike targeted the terrorist Bilal Abu Assi, a Hamas Nukhba Platoon Commander who led the infiltration into Kibbutz Nir Oz on the brutal October 7th massacre," the IDF stated. The IDF on Wednesday afternoon admitted that it had likely mistakenly killed an undetermined number of Palestinian civilians in Gaza during a retaliatory strike against Hamas for wounding an Israeli soldier earlier in the day.

The IDF has eliminated Hamas terror cell chief Muhammad Issam Hassan Al Habil, who murdered IDF soldier Noa Marciano. The Israeli military also confirmed that Al Habil played an important role in the Hamas-led massacre on October 7,