Ali Mohammad Ali Al Qadi ( ar, علي محمد علي القاضي; died 13 October 2023) was allegedly a Palestinian "senior commander" in the

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special forces unit of Hamas's military. He was involved in the planning of the

7 October attacks On 7 October 2023, the paramilitary wings of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the PFLP, and the DFLP launched a series of coordinated armed incursions into the Gaza envelope of neighboring Israeli territory, the first invasion of Israe ...

in Israel. Qadhi was from the

West Bank The West Bank ( ar, الضفة الغربية, translit=aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; he, הגדה המערבית, translit=HaGadah HaMaʽaravit, also referred to by some Israelis as ) is a landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...

. In 2005, Israel arrested Qadhi for his involvement in the kidnapping and murder of Sasson Nuriel, but he was released in 2011 as part of the

Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange The Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange (; ), also known as "Wafa al-Ahrar" (''"Faithful to the free"''), followed a 2011 agreement between Israel and Hamas to release Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in exchange for 1,027 prisoners — almost all Palest ...

. As part of the prisoner exchange, he was deported to Gaza. On 14 October 2023, the

Israel Defense Forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the Israel, State of Israel. It consists of three servic ...

announced that it had killed Qadhi in a

drone attack Drone warfare is a form of aerial warfare using unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAV) or weaponized commercial unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). The United States, United Kingdom, Israel, China, South Korea, Iran, Italy, France, India, Pakista ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Qadhi, Ali 1988 births 2023 deaths Hamas military members 21st-century Palestinian people Deaths by Israeli drone strikes People from Al-Bireh Military personnel killed in the Israel–Hamas war Assassinated Hamas members