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The Israeli military on Friday said it killed a commander of Hamas’ elite Nukhba unit who it said was also employed by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA). “Mohammad Abu Itiwi was a Nukhba commander in the Al Bureij Battalion of Hamas’s Central Camps Brigade,” Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari said. “He has also been employed by UNRWA since July 2022. We have the records to prove it.” Nukhba is a special unit within the military wing of Hamas. Hagari said that Abu Itiwi was “struck and killed” by Israeli forces on Thursday. He added that Abu Itiwi “commanded the attack on the bom…

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