A Hamas terrorist who invaded Kibbutz Nirim during the October 7, 2023, onslaught was killed in an airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the military has announced.

The strike killed Mohammed Emad Alrahman Abu Taima, who served as the commander of a Nukhba Force cell in Hamas’s military wing, the army said on Wednesday.

During the Hamas-led attack on October 7, Abu Taima raided Kibbutz Nirim, according to the IDF. Five civilians were murdered by terrorists at Kibbutz Nirim that day as gunmen rampaged through Gaza border communities

During the war, Abu Taima commanded his Nukhba cell in ambushes against Israeli troops, and recently worked to advance attacks, train operatives and recruit new ones, the military said.

The IDF said Abu Taima posed an “immediate threat” to Israeli troops in Gaza, and he was therefore “eliminated in a precise airstrike.” The IDF in recent months has been ramping up strikes on terror operatives in Gaza, saying they posed a threat to Israeli forces.

On Wednesday Palestinians reported that IDF fire killed five people in southern Gaza.

Truck driver Ahmad Aslim was reportedly killed by IDF fire in the al-Mawasi area of Rafah while transporting goods into Gaza through the Kerem Shalom Crossing, according to Hamas-linked media.

Medics said four people were killed in an Israeli strike on a tent for displaced people in al-Mawasi. The medics said a 10-year-old child was among those killed.

Twelve people were wounded in the two incidents, medics told Reuters. The IDF has not yet responded to The Times of Israel’s requests for comment on the incidents.

צה"ל חיסל ראש חוליית נוח'בה שפשט לקיבוץ נירים בטבח ה-7 באוקטובר צה"ל תקף אתמול בדרום רצועת עזה וחיסל את המחבל מחמד עמאד אלרחמאן אבו טעימה, ראש חוליית נוח'בה בזרוע הצבאית של ארגון הטרור חמאס. במהלך טבח ה-7 באוקטובר, טעימה פשט לקיבוץ נירים. לאורך המלחמה טעימה פיקד על חוליית… pic.twitter.com/UbUu2ijPZ9 — צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) July 8, 2026

צה"ל חיסל ראש חוליית נוח'בה שפשט לקיבוץ נירים בטבח ה-7 באוקטובר

צה"ל תקף אתמול בדרום רצועת עזה וחיסל את המחבל מחמד עמאד אלרחמאן אבו טעימה, ראש חוליית נוח'בה בזרוע הצבאית של ארגון הטרור חמאס. במהלך טבח ה-7 באוקטובר, טעימה פשט לקיבוץ נירים.

לאורך המלחמה טעימה פיקד על חוליית… pic.twitter.com/UbUu2ijPZ9

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