Israeli military says it killed Hamas fighter in widely seen Oct. 7 video

The Israeli military said it has killed a Hamas fighter seen in a viral Oct. 7 video drinking a Coke bottle in front of two children injured in a grenade attack that killed their father.

The military on Tuesday identified the militant as Ahmed Fozi Wadia, a Hamas commando battalion commander and member of a paragliding unit. It said Wadia flew into the Netiv HaAsara community on a paraglider before launching an attack on civilians.

In a video of the attack on the Taasa family home, shown to journalists, diplomats and lawmakers around the world by Israeli officials, Gil Taasa can be seen running to a shelter with his two sons as a grenade is thrown. Taasa jumps on the grenade and is killed, while his sons are wounded. The fighter, identified by the military as Wadia, stands over the wounded boys and drinks a Coke from their refrigerator.

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The military said a plane struck a compound in Gaza City where Hamas militants were operating on Saturday, killing eight fighters, including Wadia.

The military said the compound that was hit was near Al-Ahli Hospital, but said the hospital itself was not hit. The Gaza Health Ministry reported the attack on the hospital compound on Saturday and said three people were killed.

Hamas militants killed 1,200 people and took 250 hostages in an Oct. 7 attack that started the Gaza war, which is now in its 11th month and has claimed more than 40,000 lives, according to Gaza health officials.

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