Palestinian media reported that Saher Saqr, one of the terrorists involved in the abduction of Noa Argamani from the Nova music festival, was eliminated Saturday in an airstrike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.
Saqr was filmed riding the motorcycle on which Argamani was forcibly taken into the Gaza Strip, with additional terrorists behind and around her.
Argamani was abducted from the Nova festival during the October 7 massacre, alongside her boyfriend, Avinatan Or. After eight months in captivity, she was rescued from Gaza during Operation Arnon. She then became a vocal advocate for the hostages' release, speaking at the United Nations Security Council and urging the international community to place pressure on Hamas.
Saqr's reported elimination is the latest in a series of eliminations announced recently by the IDF and Shin Bet, as the defense echelon continues to pursue terrorists involved in the October 7 massacre and the abduction of Israelis to Gaza.
Later, the IDF and ISA confirmed, "Yesterday (Saturday), the IDF and ISA, together with Gideonim Unit 33 of Lahav 433, struck in the Nuseirat area and eliminated the terrorist Saher Nidal Latfi Saqr, a terrorist operative affiliated with global jihadist organizations operating in the Gaza Strip. Among other activities, he supplied weapons to the Hamas terrorist organization during the war."
"Saqr infiltrated Israeli territory during the October 7th Massacre and drove the motorcycle used to abduct Noa Argamani and Avinatan Or from the Nova music festival into the Gaza Strip.
"Recently, Saqr advanced attacks targeting IDF troops and Israeli civilians, in cooperation with terrorist operatives from the military wings of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist organizations, in systematic violation of the ceasefire agreement. He was eliminated in an aerial strike in order to remove the threat he posed."
The IDF stressed, "Prior to the strike, measures were taken to mitigate harm to civilians, including the use of precise munitions and aerial surveillance. The security forces under the Southern Command remain deployed in the area in accordance with the agreement and will continue to operate to remove any immediate threat."
The operations are part of a joint Shin Bet and IDF effort targeting those who participated in the October 7 massacre.
Following the massacre, a dedicated command center was established, bringing together intelligence personnel from various units, including active-duty and reserve personnel, to locate the terrorists and carry out intelligence and operational missions against them.
Meanwhile, reports from Gaza on Sunday morning indicated casualties in another Israeli strike near the White Mosque in the Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City.