Jerusalem Post/Israel News/Defense NewsThe terrorist, Ahmed Samir Muhammad Washah, served as a sniper operative in Hamas' military wing, the IDF said.Follow us on GoogleSMOKE RISES after an Israeli airstrike on a house in Al-Shati refugee camp west of Gaza City on May 8, 2026.(photo credit: Saeed Jaras / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFJUNE 21, 2026 01:23The IDF killed a Hamas terrorist who had been doubling as a photojournalist for Qatari state-funded broadcaster Al Jazeera, the military announced on Saturday.The terrorist, Ahmed Samir Muhammad Washah, served as a sniper operative in Hamas' military wing, the IDF said.He, along with two other Hamas terrorists, was killed in an Israeli strike in the center of the Gaza Strip."In recent months, he advanced sniper attack plans and additional terrorist activities against IDF troops operating in the Gaza Strip," the military stated as reason for him being targeted.Al-Jazeera journalist and Hamas terrorist Mohammed Washah (credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)Terrorist's brother also posed as Al Jazeera journalistWashah's brother, the IDF stated, had also been a Hamas terrorist who had posed as an Al Jazeera journalist, and had been killed by Israeli forces in April. Muhammad Samir Muhammad Washah had worked in Hamas' rocket and weapons production headquarters.When he was killed, the military said that Washah's brother was involved in the development of drones, rockets, and other weapons, and also played a role in transferring arms across Gaza throughout the war.The statement added that Washah contributed to Hamas’s force build-up and was directly involved in planning attacks, posing what the military described as a “concrete threat” to troops.Follow us on Google