Hamas Terrorist in Oct. 7 Attack Worked for UNRWA, Israel Says

A Hamas commander killed this week who led one part of the Oct. 7 massacre was also an employee of the U.N.’s agency for Palestine, Israel’s army says.

Mohammed Itiwi, a Hamas commander killed by the Israeli military on Oct. 23, 2024, in an image the IDF says was taken of him participating in the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre. Courtesy of the IDF

The Israeli army has stated that a Hamas commander it killed this week, in conjunction with the air force and the Shin Bet counterterrorism agency, was on the U.N.’s payroll when he led part of the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre in Israel.

Mohammad Abu Itiwi was a commander in Hamas Nukhba, the terrorist group’s special forces unit, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces, said on Oct. 24.