Israeli forces killed Adil Mismah, a commander in Hamas’s Nukhba force who helped lead and direct the October 7 massacre of southern Israeli communities, the IDF said Monday morning.

Mismah, the Company Commander of Nukhba’s Deir al-Balah brigade, led Hamas terrorists into the ravaged Kibbutz Kissufim and directed Hamas gunmen to other devastated communities, such as the kibbutzim of Nirim and Be’eri.

Following October 7, Mismah was heavily involved in fighting with Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, the IDF said.

As per the Israeli military, the Nukhba commander was killed in an Israeli Air Force airstrike directed by Israeli ground troops.