AND Israeli defense forces (IDF) said on Friday that he had killed a terrorist leader responsible for the abduction and “probably personally involved” in the murder of Shiri Bibas and her young sons, KFIR, 10 months old and Ariel, four years.
Mohammed Hassan Mohammed Awad, Senior Commander of the Palestinian Mujahideen Terrorist Organization and who helped lead “several” attacks on Nir Oz Kibbutz October 7, 2023. “He was eliminated,” IDF said on Friday.
He was also responsible for the abductions and burial of Americans Judas Weinstein Haggai and Gad Haggai, as well as to capture Thai hostages.
Mohammed Hassan Mohammed Awad, the senior commander of the terrorist organization of Palestinian Mujahideen, led the attacks on Nir Oz Kibbutz and was responsible for the arrest and murder of the Bibas family. April 4, 2025 (A picture provided by Israeli defense forces)
The funeral took place for Shiri Bibas and her sons after their remains handed over Hamas
“As part of his role in the terrorist organization, Mohammad Awad was actively involved until his death in employment of terrorist operatives in Judea and Samaria and within Israel, through which he planned to plan and carry out attacks against the Israelites,” said Israeli authority for value papers.
Nir Oz was one of the most difficult communities in the attacks of October 7, 2023, and news of the Bibas family abduction attracted global attention after brutal images appeared that the terrorists tightened their sons during their capture.
Shiri’s husband Yarden is also capturedAlthough the Hamas terrorists, while trying to defend their family, did not stick together.
Bibas family, on the left: Yarden, Ariel, Shiri and Kfir (Ofri Bibas Levy)
Israel confirms the return, identification of the Shiri Bibasa body
Yardden was released after 15 months in captivity in January, and his wife and children were released in February.
Hamas forced Yarden to be filmed while his colleague of Israel was forced to tell him that his wife and sons were killed by the Israeli air strike.
Israel has repeatedly denied the charges, noting that there was no intelligence that would confirm it, and after receiving the body, a forensic analysis was carried out that showed that they were killed in cold blood “by November 2023 at the latest.
Gad Haggai and Judy Weinstein were killed in October 7 attacks, and Hamas holds his body hostages. (Family forum with hostages)
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“The terrorists did not shoot in two young boys – they were killed with their bare hands. They later committed horrific ranks to cover up that crime,” said IDF spokesman at the time. Daniel Hagari at the end of February.
The IDF did not publish the details of the operation that killed Awada, noting that it “hit and eliminated”.
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