Seven at a Blow, Or, The IDF Keeps Killing Hamas Leaders

The stillicide of deaths of key terrorists continues in Gaza and Lebanon. In just a few days in late March, the IDF killed seven of them.

More on who they were can be found here: “IDF kills Hamas commander Hassan Farhat in Lebanon strike,” Jerusalem Post, April 4, 2025:

The IDF killed Hamas commander Hassan Farhat during a strike in Lebanon’s Sidon, the military announced on Friday morning.

Farhat was the commander of the western sector of Hamas in Lebanon, the IDF said.

During the war, Farhat was responsible for numerous terrorist plots, including launching rockets into Safed, the military added.

Addtionally, Farhat was responsible for launching the rocket fire that killed Staff-Sergeant Omer Sarah Benjo in February and wounded several others.

Two additional people were also killed during Israel’s strike in Lebanon that hit Farhat, the Hezbollah-affiliated news channel Al Mayadeen reported on Friday….

And here: “IDF kills Bibas family kidnappers, hostage video producer in Gaza,” Jerusalem Post, April 7, 2025:

The IDF and Shin Bet struck and eliminated Mohammed Hassan Mohammed Awad, a senior commander in the Military Intelligence Array in the Gaza Strip, the IDF announced on Friday….

On October 7, Awad infiltrated the Israeli community of Nir Oz multiple times. He was one of the leaders of the massacre and was likely personally involved in the abductions and brutal murders of Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir Bibas.

And here: “IDF, Shin Bet kill Hamas’s propaganda hostage video producer,” Jerusalem Post, April 4, 2025:

The IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) announced the elimination of Hamas terrorist Mahmad Salah Mohammad Bardawil on Friday.

Bardawil served as Hamas’s propaganda and psychological warfare operative and was a central figure in its propaganda apparatus. He was killed during an operation this week.

He also took part in filming hostages for propaganda videos.

And here: “IDF eliminates three senior Hamas officials in Gaza strikes,” Jerusalem Post, March 23, 2025

 The IDF and the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) announced the elimination of three senior Hamas officials on Sunday, one political and two military.

The military said it had eliminated Salah Bardawil, a senior terrorist in Hamas’s political bureau in a strike overnight in the southern Gaza Strip.

Bardawil headed the terror group’s planning and development office, the IDF noted, adding that in the framework of his role, the terrorist led Hamas’s strategic and military planning in the Gaza Strip.

“This elimination further degrades Hamas’ military and government capabilities,” the military noted.

An additional terrorist assassinated was Ahmad Salman ‘Awj Shimali, the deputy chief of the Gaza City brigade, who handled much of the operational and force buildup planning for that brigade leading into October 7 as well as during the war after that.

And here: “Hamas battalion chief, deputy commander killed in Gaza airstrikes, IDF says,” by Emanuel Fabian, Times of Israel, March 23, 2025

#6. Jamil Omar Jamil Wadiya, battalion commander of Shejaia

Two senior Hamas commanders were killed in recent airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, the IDF and Shin Bet say.

According to the army, Ahmad Salman ‘Awj Shimali, the deputy commander of the Gaza City Brigade, and Jamil Omar Jamil Wadiya, the commander of the Shejaiya Battalion, were killed in airstrikes in recent days. The military does not detail where or when they were killed.

According to the IDF, Shimali was “responsible for operations, planning the offensive strategy and building the brigade’s force in preparation for Hamas’s brutal massacre on October 7,” and during the war, he was responsible for the deployment of the brigade’s force.

Wadiya took over the Shejaiya Battalion after his predecessors were killed in December 2023, according to the army. On December 2, 2023, the IDF killed Shejaiya Battalion commander Wissam Farhat and, a week later, killed his replacement Emad Qariqa.

“Wadiya was responsible for deploying the battalion’s forces against IDF troops and operated to restore and reorganize the battalion,” the military says.

And here: “IDF says it killed operative involved in funneling money to Hamas military wing,” by Emanuel Fabian, Times of Israel, April 4, 2025:

The IDF and Shin Bet announce that a Hamas operative involved in funneling money to the terror group’s military wing was killed in an airstrike yesterday.

Saeed Ahmad Abed Khudari was the head of the Al Wefaq Co. currency exchange company, which had been designated as a terror organization by the Defense Ministry for its involvement in transferring money to Hamas.

“Khudari has been involved in numerous financial transfers to Hamas’s military wing over the years and especially throughout a war,” the IDF says.

Seven at a blow for the IDF in the last week of March. What senior Hamas figures will be dispatched in the next week? And the week after that? The IDF neither slumbers nor sleeps.