The IDF announced the elimination of two Hamas Nukhba terrorists in Gaza this week, including Sharif Shadi Ibrahim Labad of the October 7 Erez Crossing raid.
Jerusalem, 17 September, 2026 (TPS-IL) — The Israel Defense Forces said Thursday that it eliminated two members of Hamas’ elite Nukhba Force in separate strikes in the northern Gaza Strip earlier this week.
Sharif Shadi Ibrahim Labad,who raided the Erez Crossing during the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack, was killed in a strike on Tuesday, according to the IDF.
The IDF said Yusuf Sa’ad al-Din Rashid Za’im, a Nukhba commander, was killed on Sunday.
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