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Hamas’s Qassam Brigades name Gaza gunman in 2021 shooting
Hamas’s Qassam Brigades named Muhammad Maher Abu Jasser as the man who shot Israeli sniper Baril Hadaria Shmueli.
The shooting took place on 21 August 2021 near the Karni crossing on Gaza’s eastern border, during Palestinian protests known as the Great March of Return.
The Brigades said Abu Jasser fired three shots through an opening in the border wall, and one hit Shmueli in the head.
Shmueli, a member of Israel’s Border Police, died from his injuries nine days later.
Abu Jasser was a member of a Qassam unit in northern Gaza and was killed in late 2024.
An Israeli military inquiry found failures in how forces were positioned and deployed, but said the incident was not caused by changes to the rules of fire.
Hamas’s Qassam Brigades identified Muhammad Maher Abu Jaser as the gunman who shot Israeli border police sniper Barel Hadaria Shmueli in Gaza in 2021.
The shooting took place on 21 August near the Karni crossing, when Abu Jaser fired three shots through an opening in the border wall.
Shmueli was wounded in the head and died from his injuries days later; one article gives his age as 21 and another as 22.
The brigades said Abu Jaser was a member of the Suhail Ziyada Battalion in the North Gaza Brigade and was killed in late 2024.
The brigades released footage showing Abu Jaser in combat and included a recorded testament in which he discussed the shooting.
- Who
- Muhammad Maher Abu Jaser, identified by Hamas’s Qassam Brigades as the gunman. Barel Hadaria Shmueli was the Israeli sniper who was shot.
- What
- Abu Jaser fired three shots at Shmueli, one of which hit him in the head. The Qassam Brigades later named Abu Jaser as the gunman.
- When
- The shooting happened on 21 August 2021. The Qassam Brigades disclosed Abu Jaser’s identity in October 2026.
- Where
- Near the Karni crossing on the eastern border of the Gaza Strip.
- Why
- Abu Jaser said in a recorded testament that he acted in retaliation for the deaths of Palestinians. The sources report that he described Shmueli as targeting children and civilians.
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Abu Jaser fired three shots at Shmueli near the Karni crossing in eastern Gaza.
Shmueli died from his injuries, according to Lebanon 24.
Abu Jaser was killed, according to the Qassam Brigades and الرسالة نت.
The Qassam Brigades publicly identified Abu Jaser as the gunman.
- Gunman
- Muhammad Maher Abu Jaser
- Israeli sniper
- Barel Hadaria Shmueli
- Shooting date
- 21 August 2021
- Location
- Near the Karni crossing, eastern Gaza
- Shots fired
- Three
- Abu Jaser's unit
- Suhail Ziyada Battalion, North Gaza Brigade
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What people are saying
I remind you of 21 August 2021, when God did me justice and honored me by killing the sniper Barel Hadaria Shmueli