IDF kills Hamas Nukhba operative who helped plan deadly attack on Israeli tank, killing four

Hamouda took part in planning the explosive device attack that killed four Armored Corps soldiers on September 8, 2025, according to the IDF.

Hamas Nukhba terrorist Musa Abd Muhammad Hamouda was killed on Sunday in an IDF airstrike in Gaza City, the military announced on Wednesday.

Hamouda took part in planning the explosive device attack that killed four Armored Corps soldiers on September 8, 2025, according to the IDF. The soldiers were named Staff-Sergeant Uri Lamed, age 20, from Tel Mond, Sergeant Gadi Cotal, age 20, from Kibbutz Afikim, Sergeant Amit Arye Regev from Modi'in-Maccabim-Reut, and Lieutenant Matan Abramovitz, age 21, from Ganei Tikva.

"His elimination marks a significant milestone for the 162nd Division in holding accountable those responsible for the deaths of its soldiers," the military said in a statement. "The soldiers fell while serving under the division’s command during Operation Gideon’s Chariots, and the 215th Fire Brigade, which operates under the division, has now eliminated the terrorist responsible for their deaths."

The strike was a joint operation between the Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet) and the IDF. 

Shortly before the explosive attack on the morning of September 8, 2025, at 5:00 a.m., the battalion's forces had returned to the post from nighttime operations in the area, and by 6:00 a.m., the soldiers were in "dawn alert," with commanders conducting a situational assessment.

Four killed, more wounded as a result of Hamouda's September 2025 attack

At around 6 a.m., a cell comprising three terrorists arrived on the outskirts of Sheikh Radwan, west of Jabalya in northern Gaza, close to where the Nahal Brigade's 50th Battalion was stationed. The tank was stationed in a defensive position near the IDF's post. 

The terrorists approached the tank and opened fire on the tank crew, and immediately after the fire, they threw an explosive device inside the tank at close range, with the explosion killing the four soldiers inside.

During subsequent exchanges of fire with the terrorists, a soldier from the Nahal Brigade was moderately wounded.

According to the initial investigation, the crew inside the tank was not asleep during the incident and was reported to be alert and conducting scans of the area.

Two terrorists were hit during the exchange of fire with IDF soldiers.