The IDF and Shin Bet killed Adham Ibrahim Sha'aban Nasman, who served as Hamas's Gaza City Brigade Operations Head, on Saturday, the organizations stated jointly on Tuesday morning.

Nasman acted as a battalion commander within the terror group's Nukhba Force and directed the Gaza City Brigade's incursion into Israel on October 7.

He also kept several former hostages in captivity, among them Romi Gonen, Emily Damari, Ziv and Gali Berman, Eitan Mor, Matan Angrest, and Omri Miran, according to the military.

Nasman sought to restore Hamas military strength

The IDF and Shin Bet further reported that Nasman occupied key roles such as intelligence officer for the Gaza City Brigade and commander of the Al-Shati Battalion.

In recent months Nasman trained fighters from the Gaza City Brigade and pushed forward the manufacture and supply of arms to its units.

These steps formed part of attempts to restore Hamas military power in breach of the ceasefire terms, the IDF and Shin Bet stated, noting that forces will stay in Gaza to neutralize ongoing threats.

Former hostages respond to Nasman's death

Ziv Berman posted on social media that another piece of garbage had been sent to Hamas's giant landfill in hell and expressed hope that the rest of Nasman's associates still alive would realize their time would come as well.

Berman closed with Am Yisrael Chai and expressed thanks to all participants in the operation.

Damari shared a similar view in her own post.

She noted that history sometimes reminds us of a principle rather than repeating itself, recalling how after the Munich Massacre Israel carried out Operation Wrath of God to convey that those involved in attacks on Jews could not hide indefinitely.

She added that the same message endured after October 7, warning any terrorist who took part in the massacre, murder, kidnapping, or hostage holding that their reckoning would arrive.

Damari stated that one of the terrorists who held her captive had been killed, describing it as another step toward justice rather than mere revenge, since certain actions must not go unaccounted for.

She mentioned overhearing Nasman speak on the phone with former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and other operatives during her captivity.

She concluded that they no longer discuss the hostages together on calls but instead burn together in the fires of hell.