IDF claims to have taken out Hamas commander who participated in Oct 7

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it eliminated Hamas commandant Anas Muhammad Ibrahim Hamed, who infiltrated Israel and participated successful the Oct. 7 Nova Music Festival Massacre.

Hamed was killed during a targeted Monday onslaught successful Gaza, the IDF announced Tuesday.

"The IDF struck yesterday successful the halfway of the Gaza Strip and eliminated Ans Muhammad Ibrahim Hamed, Nukhba commandant successful the Hamas panic organization, who raided the territory of the State of Israel and the Nova festival during the murderous massacre connected October 7," the IDF wrote successful a Tuesday greeting station connected X.

The IDF called Hamed an "immediate menace to IDF forces operating successful the Gaza Strip," and said helium was "eliminated successful a precise airstrike."

ISRAEL ANNOUNCES IT KILLED ONE OF THE ARCHITECTS OF THE OCT. 7 ATTACKS

A poster of Hamas Nukhba commandant Anas Muhammad Ibrahim Hamed, who the Israel Defense Forces assertion to person eliminated Monday May 4, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

The IDF said it has forces "deployed successful the country successful accordance with the statement and volition proceed to run to region immoderate contiguous threat."

Nukhba, which is Arabic for elite, are the peculiar forces for the Al-Qassam Brigades, which is Hamas' subject wing.

Both units were instrumental successful the Oct. 7 massacre. The Al-Qassam Brigades planned and executed the attack, according to the IDF and the Counter Extremism Project. Of the 6,000 terrorists who invaded Israel during the attack, much than 3,800 were Nukhba fighters, the IDF stated successful an August 2024 assessment.

The Oct. 7 onslaught resulted successful the deaths of much than 1,300 Israelis and prompted a sprawling Israeli subject run successful Gaza. During this campaign, the IDF eliminated 2 commanders of the Al-Qassam Brigades and galore different members of the group's subject leadership.

ISRAELI MILITARY OPERATION IN GAZA EXPANDING TO SEIZE 'LARGE AREAS': 'EXPANDING TO CRUSH AND CLEAN THE AREA'

Palestinian Hamas fighters of the al-Qassam Brigades enactment successful a subject parade adjacent the borderline successful the cardinal Gaza Strip connected July 19, 2023, marking the day of the 2014 warfare with Israel. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)

A July 2024 targeted onslaught killed then-Al-Qassam Brigades commandant Mohammed Deif. In May 2025, different airstrike killed his replacement, Mohammad Sinwar.

The latest Israeli onslaught successful Gaza comes conscionable nether 7 months aft Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire brokered by President Donald Trump successful October. The IDF accused Hamas of violating the ceasefire successful February by utilizing ambulances to transport terrorists and weapons astir the Gaza Strip.

Hamas has besides accused Israel of violating the ceasefire with regular airstrikes.

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Fox News' Trey Yingst asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio past week if Hamas' refusal to enactment down its weapons would punctual the Trump medication to enactment Israel resuming combat operations successful Gaza.

War Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio hold arsenic President Donald Trump prepares to code the Knesset successful Jerusalem connected Oct. 13, 2025. Trump visited Israel hours aft Hamas released immoderate Israeli hostages arsenic portion of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire woody successful the Gaza conflict. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

"Let’s hope we tin debar that. That’s not the result we want," Rubio told Yingst. "The result we privation is for Hamas to beryllium demilitarized and a Palestinian information unit backed by an planetary information force is capable to secure Gaza.   

Fox News Digital reached retired to the IDF and the White House for remark but did not instantly person a response.

Fox News' Yonat Friling contributed to this report.