Hamas Terrorist in Oct. 7 Attack Worked for UNRWA, Israel Says

Published on October 26, 2024

The Israeli army says that a Hamas commander it killed this week, in conjunction with the air force and the Shin Bet counterterrorism agency, had been on the United Nations (UN) payroll when he led part of the Oct. 7 massacre last year. Mohammad Abu Itiwi was a commander in Hamas Nukhba, the terrorist group’s special forces unit, said Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, spokesman for the Israel Defense Force (IDF), on Thursday. Itiwi, who was killed on Oct. 23, commanded the Oct. 7 attack on the bomb shelter at Kibbutz Re’im near the Gaza Frontier. There, many from the nearby Nova music festival, who fled when the attack started, were taking shelter....