Jerusalem, 20 June, 2025 (TPS-IL) — The Israeli Defense Forces and Israeli intelligence have confirmed the killing of a terrorist who kidnapped hostages, held them in captivity, then murdered and buried them.
The bodies of elderly married couple Gad, 70, and Judy Lynn Weinstein Haga, 72i were recovered from Gaza last month.
The couple were American Israeli, and had been kidnapped from Nir Oz Kibbutz on October 7.
The terrorist responsible for their kidnapping, detention, murder and burial was killed this week as he hid in Gaza.
A joint statement from the IDF and Shin Bet spokespersons said: “The IDF and Shin Bet eliminated a senior member of the Kataeb al-Mujahideen terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip who was responsible for the burial in captivity of the late Judy Lynn Weinstein Hagai and Gad Hagai…
“Ali Saadi and Safi al-Agha, was attacked and eliminated in a hideout in the center of the Gaza Strip.
“Al-Agha served as the military commander of the Southern Gaza Brigade in the terrorist organization Kataeb al-Mujahideen and was expected to take the place of Asaad Abu Sharia as head of the organization, after he was eliminated by the IDF and Shin Bet earlier this month.
“Al-Agha, together with senior members of the terrorist organization, led the kidnapping, murder, detention, and burial of Israeli civilians who were kidnapped to Gaza by the organization, and was responsible for the burial in captivity of Gad Hagai and the late Judy Lynn Weinstein Hagai, who were repatriated for burial in Israel.”
They added that he was killed in the compound of his family home in Khan Yunis.
