Safety forces kill Hamas terrorist who held Emily Damari, Romi Gonen, and Naama Levy hostage

Naeem held a number of roles in Hamas’s Gaza Metropolis brigade, and all through the battle, was a senior operative in army intelligence and was near Gaza Metropolis brigade commander Ezz al-Din Haddad.

Safety forces killed Hamas terrorist Hazem Awni Naeem, who held Emily Damari, Romi Gonen, and Naama Levy hostage, the IDF and Shin Wager (Israel Safety Company) confirmed on Tuesday.

Naeem was killed in a coordinated strike by the IDF and Shin Wager on August 28 within the Gaza Metropolis space, the army mentioned.

Naeem held a number of roles in Hamas’s Gaza Metropolis brigade, and all through the battle, was a senior operative in army intelligence and was near Gaza Metropolis brigade commander Ezz al-Din Haddad.

Experiences from Naeem’s dying surfaced on Sunday, with the IDF confirming his dying on Monday by its official channels.

Damari reacted to the information of his dying with an Instagram publish the place she thanked Israel’s safety forces, who “by no means relaxation for a second on behalf of all of us,” and hoped that excellent news, together with the announcement of the return of the remaining 48 hostages, would come “ahead of anticipated.”

Earlier killing of different Damari terror captor

Mohammed Nasser Ali Qanita, one other Hamas terrorist who held Damari and the others captive, was confirmed killed by the IDF and Shin Wager in July, following a focused assault in mid-June.

Qanita was a member of Hamas’s army intelligence’s al-Furqan Battalion. He infiltrated Israel on October 7 after which held Damari hostage in his house at the beginning of the battle.