JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The IDF announced that on Saturday evening it carried out a strike in central Gaza and eliminated Ahmed Samir Mohammed Washah, a member of the military wing of the Hamas terrorist organization who served as a sniper.

At the same time as his work as an Al Jazeera cameraman in recent years, Washah was also active in Hamas’s military wing. Recently, he had been involved in promoting sniper operations and other terrorist activities against IDF forces operating in the Gaza Strip.

Washah worked alongside his brother, Mohammed Samir Mohammed Washah, a senior operative in Hamas’s rocket and weapons production headquarters, who also allegedly operated under the cover of an Al Jazeera journalist and was eliminated in April.

Due to his recent military activity and the threat he posed to IDF forces operating in the area, Washah was eliminated in a precise airstrike.

In the same airstrike the IDF also eliminated Sabai Abu Hasna (whose home was targeted), a member of Hamas’s Shadow Unit, which is responsible for guarding and holding Israeli hostages.

According to the blogger Abu Ali Express, Abu Hasna was the Hamas terrorist whom former hostage survivor Omer Shem Tov was forced to kiss on the forehead during what was described as a humiliating hostage-release ceremony. The incident received significant public attention at the time.

Another Hamas terrorist, Abd al-Rahman Abu Gharqoud, was also reportedly killed.

As previously reported, during the release of Omer Wenkrat, Eliya Cohen, and Omer Shem Tov in February 2025, Hamas held a public “ceremony” as part of the hostages’ release. During that event, Omer Shem Tov was seen being compelled to kiss the forehead of one of the militants standing beside him, seemingly as a gesture of appreciation, a scene that drew widespread attention and criticism.