Netanyahu confessed years later about the assassination: Yes! We killed.

07.02.2026 07:43

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has admitted for the first time that the assassination of Mazen Fukaha, one of the commanders of Hamas's military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, was carried out by Israel.

The Israeli Prime Minister's Office shared a 55-page document with the press, containing Netanyahu's statement and his responses to the State Audit Office investigation on December 25, 2025.

Netanyahu, by attacking the Supreme Court, which has disagreements with the government, claimed that the State Audit Office investigation was halted just 6 days after he answered questions as part of the investigation and that it should be restarted.

Indicating that some sections related to security in the presented 55-page document were censored, Netanyahu argued that he supports the establishment of an independent commission to uncover the events that occurred during the "Aksa Flood" operation by the Kassam Brigades on October 7, 2023.

Netanyahu claimed that his responsibility on October 7 was "very little," asserting that the main culprits are his opponents, who are currently in the opposition, past governments, and security chiefs.

NETANYAHU'S CONFESSION ON THE MAZEN FUKAHA ASSASSINATION

In the document he shared, Netanyahu admitted for the first time that the assassination of Mazen Fukaha, one of the commanders of the Kassam Brigades killed in the Gaza Strip in 2017, was carried out by Israel.

According to I24's report, Netanyahu's statement to the State Audit Office also included answers to questions regarding the Israeli government's attacks on Hamas in Gaza.

Netanyahu later acknowledged for the first time that Israel was behind the murder committed by the Palestinian Ashraf Abu Leyla, who was captured by Hamas and executed on charges of collaborating with Israel.

Although the Ministry of Interior in Gaza announced on March 24, 2017, that Fukaha was killed by Israeli agents, Israel had never claimed responsibility for this assassination.

Fukaha was released in 2011 through a prisoner exchange after spending a long time in Israeli prisons.