The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that a Hamas commander who invaded Israel on October 7 and held multiple Israelis hostage in Gaza has been killed in an Israeli airstrike.

Axar.az reports, citing The Times of Israel, that according to the military, Muhammad Bassam Mushtaha, a commander in Hamas’s Al-Shati battalion, was killed as a result of an airstrike in northern Gaza two weeks ago, on July 30.

The IDF said that Mushtaha was responsible for holding a number of Israelis captive who were kidnapped on October 7, 2023, including Tsachi Idan — who was slain in captivity in December 2023 — Cpl. Noa Marciano, who was killed in Gaza in November 2023, as well as Ziv Berman, Omri Miran, Ori Megidish, Naama Levy and Matan Angrest — who were all later freed or rescued.

In recent weeks, Mushtaha “attempted to advance terrorist plots against IDF forces and citizens of the State of Israel,” and therefore was targeted, the IDF said.