Israel claims killing militant who abducted two citizens, provided weapons to Hamas
Israeli forces said Saher Nidal Latfi Sakr helped abduct two hostages and supplied weapons to Hamas during the war.
- On Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces and Israel Security Agency eliminated Saher Nidal Latfi Sakr in a Nuseirat airstrike, identifying him as the operative who drove the motorcycle used to abduct Noa Argamani and Avinatan Or on October 7, 2023.
- Security agencies stated Sakr supplied weapons to Hamas and advanced terrorist plots against Israeli troops and civilians in recent months, describing these actions as "in systematic violation of the ceasefire agreement."
- Jointly with the Israel Police's Gideonim Unit 33 of Lahav 433, the military conducted the strike, employing precision munitions and aerial surveillance to minimize civilian harm while targeting the operative in central Gaza.
- Security agencies maintain dedicated intelligence frameworks to track and neutralize perpetrators as part of a campaign to "closing the circle" on those involved in the October 7 massacre.
- Israeli authorities previously confirmed the deaths of other terrorists involved in the abduction of hostages, including commander Ahmed Hussein Mohammed Kafina, as the military continues monitoring designated targets to disrupt Hamas's efforts to rebuild.
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The man had been filmed kidnapping a couple on a motorcycle during the terrorist attack. He was "eliminated" in the Nuseirat area, in the central part of the Gaza Strip, according to the Israeli authorities. The images of the couple abducted at the Nova festival in 2023 had become emblematic of October 7th. - Attack of October 7th: Israel claims to have killed the abductor of a hostage couple (International).
Israeli troops killed a Palestinian man who was filmed kidnapping a couple at a music festival during the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, the army reports.
Abducted at the Nova Festival, near the border with the Palestinian enclave, during the Hamas attack, Noa Argamani and Avinatan Or were released more than a year apart, respectively in June 2024 and October 2025.
Palestinian man who took Noa Argamani hostage on Oct 7 killed in Israeli strike
An Israeli strike in Nuseirat killed Saher Nidal Saqr, whom Israeli authorities accused of abducting Noa Argamani and Avinatan Or on 7 October 2023. The killing forms part of Israel’s wider effort to track down people it says were involved in the attack.
On Saturday, the Israeli army and Shin Beth conducted "an operation in the Gaza Strip and eliminated the terrorist Saher Nidal Latfi Sakr", filmed kidnapping a couple of hostages on motorcycles on 7 October 2023. On the negotiating side, Donald Trump expects a resumption of talks with Iran in the coming week, after rejecting Tehran's proposal for a truce. Our follow-up Find all our articles on the Middle East here
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