The IDF has killed the Hamas commander responsible for killing a British-Israeli citizen who died while defending partygoers at the Nova Festival on October 7, by throwing seven Hamas grenades at the terrorists.

The military said last week that Mohamed Abu Itiwi, commander of the Nukhba force, Hamas’s elite military unit, was killed in central Gaza.

Itiwi is said to have been responsible for leading the mass killing at the Nova Festival, along with the subsequent kidnapping of hundreds of young revelers on October 7 from the Re’im party.

He was seen on dashcam footage cornering Aner Shapira, 22, whose mother is from Oxford, and several terrified assistants in a small concrete building, into which he threw several grenades.

But Shapira, who at the time of his death was serving in an elite unit of the IDF’s Nahal Brigade, was seen catching the grenades and throwing them at Hamas fighters.

He managed to do this seven times, before the eight grenades tragically killed him.

The chilling images captured by the dashboard camera of a car parked outside the shelter seem to confirm this: the video filmed shortly after 8 in the morning shows several armed terrorists invading the shelter and shooting through the entrance.

Video filmed shortly after 8 a.m. on October 7 showed several armed terrorists invading the shelter and shooting through the entrance.

Aner Shapira (pictured) fought in the IDF at the time of his death.

Mohamed Abu Itiwi (pictured), commander of the Nukhba force, Hamas’s elite military unit, was killed in central Gaza.

The terrified people inside the bunker cannot be seen in the images, which were shared by the First South First Responders group on the Telegram messaging app.

The clip begins with the group of terrorists standing around the entrance, with a shirtless man, who has been captured, sitting on the ground.

Two cars, one of which is where the video was filmed, are stopped outside.

One of the terrorists throws the first grenade through the door, causing a person inside to escape to cross the street. As he runs, the Hamas gunman shoots him. Although it is not seen in the images, it is presumed that he was shot.

The gunmen are then seen trying to storm the bunker. Some are seen shooting through the door, while one throws grenades.

However, each time he does so, the explosives come back at him, as Shapira throws them out the door, causing confusion and panic.

Then the terrorist appears to call for reinforcements and other Hamas gunmen come running to the entrance of the shelter. They are also seen shooting through the door and throwing grenades into the shelter.

Shapira is said to have put himself in the line of fire when Hamas gunmen approached, blocking the entrance to the hideout and throwing grenades thrown by the terrorists.

Aner Shapira, 22, was tragically killed by the eighth grenade that was thrown into the shelter where he was hiding with a group of about 30 others.

The same grenades are seen being thrown from the bunker entrance, causing the terrorists to scatter before the explosives detonate.

In total, the video shows the terrorists throwing eight explosives into the bunker over the course of the four-minute video. Shapira throws seven grenades until, tragically, the eight does not return.

At the end of the video, a large explosion occurs at the entrance, followed by smoke and dust. The grenade exploded in Shapira’s hands.

“Shapira ultimately died from injuries sustained while keeping the terrorists at bay, while fighting to save the lives of his fellow partygoers,” South First Responders wrote in posting the video.

“Some of those he protected survived the attack on the shelter to tell their heroic story.”

Shapira’s mother told Israel’s Kan News that her son was at the entrance to the bomb shelter, throwing the grenades outside as they were thrown one by one.

“He stood at the entrance, threw the grenades and managed to save many people,” he told the outlet.

Shapira’s grandmother, Yamima Ben-Menahem, said at the time that he “took the lead” during the crisis and tried to calm everyone else.

Shapira was among more than 300 people killed at the Supernova festival on October 7.

Hamas gunmen can be seen throwing a total of eight grenades, seven of which are thrown outside the bunker. Tragically, the eighth exploded at Shapira.

Chilling footage captured by the dash cam of a car parked outside the shelter shows several armed terrorists invading the shelter and shooting through the entrance at the people inside.

He then put himself in the line of fire as Hamas gunmen approached, blocking the entrance to the hideout and throwing grenades thrown by the terrorists.

One survivor of the attack hailed him as the “angel who protected us,” who “saved our lives and deserves a medal of honor.”

After seeking shelter with the group, Shapira allegedly made an effort to calm the terrified festival-goers.

“He said the army was only half an hour away and he was sure everything was going to be fine,” Ben-Menahem told the station.

Then, as armed Hamas terrorists approached the hideout, he used his body to act as a barrier between the gunmen and the group.

“When (Hamas) started throwing grenades at the shelter, he said, ‘I’m going to throw them back and if I miss one, you’ll do the rest of the work,'” she shared, adding: “He stood there and threw back one.” grenade after another”.

After his death, Hamas allegedly entered the shelter and took five or six hostages before shooting the rest of the group, Ben-Menahem claimed.

It reportedly took several hours for help to arrive and only “those who were not seriously injured” survived.

After the incident, Ben-Menahem said some of the survivors approached their relatives to tell them that Shapira “saved our lives.”

Another posted a tribute on Facebook, writing: “Aner Shapira… saved our lives and deserves a medal of honor for being an angel who protected us.”

Hamas launched its deadly attack on Israel from Gaza on October 7, with the Nova music festival near Kibbutz Re’im among its first targets.

Other terrifying images from the festival showed the terrorists flying into Israel from Gaza on gliders and entering other vehicles, before opening fire, killing around 1,200 people – mostly civilians – and kidnapping another 250.

Gaza has since been plunged into war following Israel’s counter-invasion.

Since then, the death toll during more than a year of the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza has exceeded 43,000, Palestinian officials reported this week, without distinguishing between civilians and combatants.