The Hamas terrorist who killed Corporal Noa Marciano while being held captive in Gaza has been eliminated, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Wednesday.
The attack on a group of terrorists, including Muhammad Issam Hassan al-Habil, was reportedly the result of an overnight Hamas attack that injured IDF forces in northern Gaza, in violation of the ceasefire.
Al-Habil, a key Hamas cell commander, was killed in the airstrike on the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, the IDF said in a statement.
“In response to the blatant ceasefire violation earlier today (Wednesday), the IDF and ISA attacked and eliminated terrorist Muhammad Issam Hassan al-Habil, head of a Hamas terrorist cell,” the IDF confirmed.
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The bodies of Noa Marciano (photo) and Yehudit Weiss were discovered by the IDF last year near Shifa Hospital. (Courtesy: take them home now)
The IDF also said that al-Habil, through interrogation by the Israel Security Agency (ISA), brutally murdered 19-year-old Marciano while in Hamas captivity.
The IDF soldier had been kidnapped from the Nahal Oz outpost during the terrorist organization’s Oct. 7 massacre.
She was injured in an IDF airstrike on November 9, 2023, while being held by Hamas, and was later taken to Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Hamas claimed at the time that Marciano was killed in an Israeli airstrike.
Her body was eventually recovered by Israeli forces in November 2023 and returned to Israel for burial in Modi’in, where she had lived with her family.
After the announcement of al-Habil’s death, Marciano’s mother, Adi Marciano, said the family had been promised that anyone involved in her daughter’s murder would be brought to justice. The times of Israel.
“There’s no real comfort in it,” she said. “But there is knowledge that justice has been done, even if only partially. Nothing will bring Noa back to us.’
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Noa Marciano, 19, was kidnapped from the Nahal Oz outpost during the October 7 massacre and later killed at Shifa Hospital. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
“This elimination means an end to the Marciano family, and to the IDF and ISA,” the IDF said.
“The IDF and ISA will continue to operate against any terrorist involved in the brutal October 7 massacre and against any attempts by terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip to carry out terrorist attacks against IDF forces and Israeli civilians.”
Israeli forces had responded to multiple security incidents overnight, including attacks on IDF forces when al-Habil was killed.
At around 1 a.m., terrorists had opened fire on IDF forces in the Daraj Tuffah area, seriously wounding a reserve officer.
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Israeli soldiers take part in an IDF exercise to increase operational readiness along the border with Lebanon in October 2025. (IDF) (IDF)
IDF forces returned fire and carried out additional attacks in the area to eliminate the threat.
The attack identified suspects approaching the Yellow Line in southern Khan Younis and considered a threat to troops. The suspects were then beaten, the IDF said.
In addition to al-Habil, the dead included Bilal Abu Assi, a Hamas Nukhba platoon commander who led the October 7 massacre at Kibbutz Nir Oz.
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Abu Assi is alleged to have participated in holding deceased hostages in captivity while leading terrorist plots against IDF forces.
Ali Raziana, commander of the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization’s Northern Gaza Brigade, was also killed, the IDF said.
