{"id":592698,"date":"2026-08-22T15:50:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T15:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/592698\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T15:50:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T15:50:23","slug":"idf-eliminates-hamas-terrorist-who-held-israeli-hostages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/592698\/","title":{"rendered":"IDF eliminates Hamas terrorist who held Israeli hostages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-v-5d397945=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">The IDF eliminated a terrorist who took part in holding numerous hostages in Hamas captivity<\/p>\n<p data-v-5d397945=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">On Wednesday, the IDF struck in the Nuseirat area and eliminated Sabahi Sami Mahmoud Shahata, a platoon commander in Hamas&#8217;s military wing.<\/p>\n<p data-v-5d397945=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">Sabahi inifltrated Israeli territory and participated in the October 7th Massacre, and took part in holding numerous hostages in Hamas captivity during the war.<\/p>\n<p data-v-5d397945=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">In November 2023, as part of the hostage release agreement, Sabahi participated in the handover \u201cceremony&#8221; of the returnees and their transfer to the Red Cross.<\/p>\n<p data-v-5d397945=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">Recently, Sabahi attempted to advance terror attacks against IDF troops and Israeli civilians and was eliminated in order to remove the threat.<\/p>\n<p data-v-5d397945=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">&#8220;Prior to the strike, steps were taken to mitigate harm to civilians, including the use of precise munitions and aerial surveillance,&#8221; the IDF stressed.<\/p>\n<p data-v-5d397945=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">&#8220;IDF troops under the Southern Command remain deployed in the area in accordance with the agreement and will continue to operate to remove any threat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/695485.jpg\"   alt=\"Hamas terrorist Sabahi Sami Mahmoud Shahata eliminated\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color:gray;\" data-v-cf1ef11f=\"\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='13'%20height='13'%20viewBox='0%200%2013%2013'%3e%3cdefs%3e%3cstyle%3e%20.cls-1{fill:%23fff}%20%3c\/style%3e%3c\/defs%3e%3cg%20id='Group_81'%20transform='translate(-327.79%20-961.605)'%3e%3cg%20id='Group_74'%3e%3cg%20id='Group_70'%3e%3cpath%20id='Path_42'%20d='M340.79%20974.6h-3.872v-1h2.872v-2.872h1z'%20class='cls-1'\/%3e%3c\/g%3e%3cg%20id='Group_71'%3e%3cpath%20id='Path_43'%20d='M331.662%20974.6h-3.872v-3.872h1v2.872h2.872z'%20class='cls-1'\/%3e%3c\/g%3e%3cg%20id='Group_72'%3e%3cpath%20id='Path_44'%20d='M328.79%20965.477h-1V961.6h3.872v1h-2.872z'%20class='cls-1'\/%3e%3c\/g%3e%3cg%20id='Group_73'%3e%3cpath%20id='Path_45'%20d='M340.79%20965.477h-1V962.6h-2.872v-1h3.872z'%20class='cls-1'\/%3e%3c\/g%3e%3c\/g%3e%3cg%20id='Group_77'%3e%3cg%20id='Group_75'%3e%3cpath%20id='Rectangle_28'%20d='M0%200H6V1H0z'%20class='cls-1'%20transform='rotate(-45%201333.904%2077.78)'\/%3e%3c\/g%3e%3cg%20id='Group_76'%3e%3cpath%20id='Rectangle_29'%20d='M0%200H6V1H0z'%20class='cls-1'%20transform='rotate(-45%201339.39%2091.022)'\/%3e%3c\/g%3e%3c\/g%3e%3cg%20id='Group_80'%3e%3cg%20id='Group_78'%3e%3cpath%20id='Rectangle_30'%20d='M0%200H1V6H0z'%20class='cls-1'%20transform='rotate(-44.999%201325.786%2085.365)'\/%3e%3c\/g%3e%3cg%20id='Group_79'%3e%3cpath%20id='Rectangle_31'%20d='M0%200H1V6H0z'%20class='cls-1'%20transform='rotate(-45%201339.001%2079.89)'\/%3e%3c\/g%3e%3c\/g%3e%3c\/g%3e%3c\/svg%3e\" alt=\"enlarge\" data-v-cf1ef11f=\"\"\/>Hamas terrorist Sabahi Sami Mahmoud Shahata eliminatedIDF spokesperson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The IDF eliminated a terrorist who took part in holding numerous hostages in Hamas captivity On Wednesday, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[51,2900,29473,85,46,43,268157,73240,22103],"class_list":["post-592698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-hamas","tag-hostages","tag-hostages-in-gaza","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news","tag-nuseirat","tag-october-7th","tag-swords-of-iron"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}