The IDF announced that a Hamas terrorist involved in the October 7, 2023 massacre at the Nahal Oz military base was killed in an airstrike in Gaza last week, together with the son of a senior Hamas negotiator.

According to the military, the strike carried out last Wednesday targeted Hamza Sharbasi, a commander in Hamas’s Shejaiya Battalion, who the IDF said posed a threat to Israeli forces operating in Gaza. The strike also killed Azzam al-Hayya, the 23-year-old son of senior Hamas negotiator Khalil al-Hayya, though the military said he was not the intended target.

The IDF said Azzam al-Hayya belonged to Hamas’s elite Nukhba Force and “who recently held a central role in the organization.”

According to the military, Sharbasi participated in the October 7 assault on the Nahal Oz base, where dozens of soldiers were murdered and kidnapped by Hamas terrorists.

“Recently, Sharbasi operated near the yellow line and, in the framework of his role, worked to advance terror plots against IDF troops operating in the area,” the military says.