Jerusalem, 8 May, 2025 (TPS-IL) — Muhammad Rasmi Marzouq Barakeh, a Hamas military intelligence operative involved in the October 7 massacre was killed in an airstrike near Gaza City, the Israel Defense Forces said on Thursday.

In a video on the day of the attack, he was filmed in a car taking 85-year-old Yaffa Adar from Kibbutz Nir Oz to Gaza.

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