IDF kills Hamas terrorist it says worked for UNRWA, led charge on Reim bomb shelter massacre

Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) connected Thursday confirmed that they person "eliminated" a Hamas commandant who not only was involved successful nan Oct. 7 attacks – including nan battle connected nan Reim explosive shelter wherever U.S. national Hersh Goldberg-Polin was abducted – but who they besides claimed "simultaneously" worked for nan United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).

Mohammad Abu Itiwi, a commandant successful Hamas’ elite Nukhba force, was killed by nan Israeli Airforce connected Wednesday, during a associated cognition by nan IDF and the Israeli Security Agency.

The arguable United Nations agency did not instantly return Fox News Digital’s petition for comment.

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Mohammad Abu Itiwi during nan October 7th Massacre. The Hamas Nukhba commandant was progressive successful nan execution and abduction of Israeli civilians connected October 7th and, according to nan IDF, was simultaneously employed by UNRWA. (IDF Spokesman's Unit)

According to images supplied by nan IDF, Abu Itiwi had been successful nan employment of nan UNRWA since July 2022, and he was besides photographed astatine nan Reim explosive shelter adjacent nan Tribe of Nova euphony festival, wherever attendees ran for screen arsenic Hamas terrorists attacked. 

The Reim explosive shelter has go a awesome of nan Oct. 7th massacre and was wherever Goldberg-Polin, his champion friend Aner Shapira, and 25 others attempted to hide from Hamas attackers. 

Abu Itiwi allegedly led nan onslaught connected nan shelter, according to nan IDF, and upon uncovering dozens hidden successful nan shelter connected Route 232 successful confederate Israel, Hamas terrorists many times pelted them pinch grenades. 

Accounts of what happened adjacent picture Shapira, 22 years aged and an IDF soldier, attempting to calm nan already 20-or-so group hiding successful nan shelter and promised to protect them.

"I’ll drawback nan grenades and propulsion them backmost – and if I miss any, you propulsion them back," 1 relationship of nan horrific arena described for nan Times of Israel.

Pictures are displayed connected nan walls of a explosive shelter successful which, six months earlier, group sought refuge earlier being killed during nan deadly October 7 onslaught connected Israel by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas from Gaza, adjacent Kibbutz Beeri successful confederate Israel, April 7, 2024.  (Reuters/Amir Cohen)

Shapira managed to propulsion 7 of nan grenades backmost retired earlier he was killed. 

During nan onslaught connected nan shelter, Goldberg-Polin's limb was blown disconnected from nan elbow down. He was capable to necktie himself a tourniquet earlier he and others from nan shelter were abducted by Hamas and taken into Gaza, wherever he was killed by Hamas terrorists 11 months later. 

Twenty-seven group were successful that shelter, 16 were killed, 4 were kidnapped, and 7 survived.

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Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg, parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, pictured connected screen, speak during nan Democratic National Convention connected Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, successful Chicago.  (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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The U.N. agency has antecedently been slapped pinch akin allegations involving ties to Hamas, though it has flatly rejected galore of nan claims. 

In caller months, nan U.N. has fired astatine slightest 12 staffers aft uncovering they perchance had been progressive successful nan Oct. 7 attacks."