A terrorist from the Nukhba force, Hamas's commando unit, was apprehended on Saturday in the Gaza envelope, two weeks after the brutal surprise attack.
An initial investigation found that the terrorist stole a vehicle from the Ashkelon industrial zone, fled with it, and was found after he broke through an IDF roadblock and hid in an orchard in the vehicle.
Security forces reached the terrorist due to a report by a resident of the Gaza envelope several days ago who reported to the Ituran stolen vehicle location company that his car was stolen from Ashkelon.
The location was transferred to the security forces, who arrested the terrorist after he broke through a roadblock between the Zikim junction and Mavki'im and hid in one of the orchards.
During the October 7th attack, thousands of terrorist entered communites in the Gaza envalope and murdered over 1,400 Israelis, including children, women, and elderly, and kidnapped over 200 to Gaza.