Updated On: 12 July, 2025 07:38 AM IST | Tel Aviv | ANI
In a joint operation on June 7, 2025, Israel’s IDF and Shin Bet eliminated Fazal Abu al-Ata, a key Islamic Jihad leader involved in the October 7 massacre. Also killed was Hamad Kamel Abd al-Aziz Ayad, an explosives expert from the Turkhman Battalion, both linked to multiple terror plots against IDF forces.

Palestinian men sit next to the rubble of a residential house hit in the overnight Israeli strike. Pic/AFP
In a joint operation with Shin Bet (Israel's anti-terror General Security Service), the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) attacked and eliminated Islamic Jihad terrorist leader Fazal Abu al-Ata on June 7, 2025.
Fazal Abu al-Ata previously served as deputy commander of the Shuja'iyya sector in Gaza, and during the Iron Swords war was appointed commander of the Shanaiyah sector in the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization.
In that capacity, he helped lead the coordination between the terrorist organizations in that sector and directed many terrorist plots against IDF forces. He also raided the country's territory in the murderous October 7 massacre.