IDF Discloses Killing Four Hamas Terrorists, Including October 7 Infiltrator

The IDF disclosed on October 17 that it killed four Hamas military-wing terrorists in Gaza in recent days, including Adham Khalil Mohammed Marouf, whom it identified as an October 7 infiltrator. It named the others as Nukhba operative Mahmoud Khaled Mohammed Madhoun, sniper Ubaida Suhail Hamad Murtaja and Abd al-Jawad Juda. The military said Madhoun was killed Thursday, Murtaja Friday and Juda Saturday. It said the men had been advancing attacks on Israeli troops and civilians and rebuilding Hamas’s military capabilities in violation of the ceasefire. The IDF said precision munitions and aerial surveillance were used to reduce civilian harm.