Israel claims to have killed Palestinian allegedly involved in October 7 attack

Israel claims to have killed a Palestinian involved in the October 7 Hamas attack.

The Israel The IDF said in a statement on Saturday that it carried out an attack in Gaza on “a vehicle carrying a terrorist who took part in the murderous massacre on October 7.”

The IDF stated that it was investigating claims that the individual worked for the international humanitarian organization World Central Kitchen (WCK).

“The terrorist was monitored by IDF intelligence for some time and was hit following credible information regarding his current location,” they said.

“We emphasize that it was an unmarked civilian vehicle and its movement on the route was not coordinated for the transport of aid.”

World Central Kitchen provides food in conflict zones. Sky News contacted WCK for comment.

According to the Hamas-led Gaza Ministry of Health, at least 44,382 people have been killed and 105,142 injured in Gaza since October 7, 2023.

At least 32 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on Friday night, Reuters reported, citing doctors in the territory.

Seven of the 32 were killed when a house was destroyed in central Gaza, the Hamas-led Gaza Civil Defense Agency said.

The agency said one of its officers was killed in an attack in Jabalia, northern Gaza.

Also on Saturday, the Hamas-run Palestinian news agency WAFA reported that three World Central Kitchen workers were killed in an attack on a civilian vehicle in Khan Younis, southern Gaza.