Overview

• Israel’s Foreign Ministry announced Saturday that Afana was eliminated, while the IDF had not issued its own confirmation at the time.
• Reports say the strike occurred Thursday in Deir al-Balah after Palestinian media first circulated news of his death.
• Afana was heard on Oct. 7 telling his parents he killed 10 people and that he was calling from a murdered woman’s phone.
• The audio was publicized weeks later by then-foreign minister Eli Cohen and was shown in international forums including the UN Security Council.
• Some outlets reported he was killed alongside his brother or described him as tied to Hamas’s Nukhba force, claims not independently verified.