IDF Spox. RAdm. Daniel Hagari’s Statement on the Commemoration of the Oct. 7 Massacre

”Mohammad Abu Itiwi was a Nukhba commander in the Al Bureij Battalion of Hamas's Central Camps Brigade. He has also been employed by UNRWA since July 2022.”

Attached is a full transcript of the statement:
One year ago today, on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, Hamas carried out the brutal October 7th Massacre. Yesterday, the IDF struck and killed one of the terrorists who invaded Israel on that dark day, and was directly involved in the murder and abduction of Israeli civilians.

Mohammad Abu Itiwi was a Nukhba commander in the Al Bureij Battalion of Hamas's Central Camps Brigade. He has also been employed by UNRWA since July 2022. We have the records to prove it.

On October 7th, Mohammad Abu Itiwi commanded the attack on the bomb shelter in Re'im where young people fleeing from the Nova Music Festival were taking cover. From this bomb shelter on the side of the road, Hirsh Goldberg Polin, Alon Ohel, Or Levi and Eliya Cohen, were all taken hostage into Gaza, and many others were murdered.

Israel has requested urgent clarifications from senior UN officials and an urgent investigation into the involvement of UNRWA employees in the October 7th Massacre.