The IDF have eliminated Anas Mahmoud Ahmed Hamdan, a Hamas company commander in the Khan Yunis Brigade who played a central role in the terrorist organization’s hostage operations and propaganda campaign.

Hamdan, the grandson of Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Nimr Hamdan, was responsible for the brigade’s propaganda activities and was directly involved in holding Israeli hostages in Hamas captivity. Israeli officials say he also oversaw the filming and documentation of hostages during Hamas’ staged release ceremonies, which Hamas used as psychological warfare and global propaganda.

Hamas-affiliated channels confirmed that Hamdan was the commander who led the hostage release ceremony for Yarden Bibas and Ofer Calderón, one of the terrorist organization’s most widely publicized propaganda events.

According to Israeli authorities, Hamdan was also involved in the prolonged captivity of Israeli civilian Avera Mengistu, who was held hostage by Hamas in Gaza for more than a decade before his release.

Photos circulated before his death showed Hamdan attending the funeral of another Hamas terrorist. He was eliminated in an IDF strike in Khan Yunis as Israel continues targeting those responsible for the kidnapping, imprisonment, and exploitation of Israeli hostages.

Israel has repeatedly vowed to hunt down every terrorist involved in the October 7 massacre and the hostage enterprise, declaring that “Israel will reach every single one of them.”