The Israeli army and Shin Bet, the internal security service, announced that they had killed a man in the Gaza Strip who was shot kidnapping a couple of hostages on October 7, 2023.
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28/09/2026
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Lusa
On Saturday, “the Israeli army and the internal security service (...) carried out an operation in the Nuseirat area [Central Gaza Strip] and eliminated the terrorist Saher Nidal Latfi Sakr,” the joint statement, published on Sunday, states.
“Sakr infiltrated Israeli territory during the October 7 massacre and piloted the bike used to take Noa Argamani and Avinatan Or from the New Music Festival to the Gaza Strip,” adds the text.
The images of the kidnapping of the two hostages at the Nova festival near the Gaza border, broadcast live on October 7, 2023, became emblematic.
In the images, while Noa Argamani is carried by force on a motorcycle, screaming and with his hands stretched toward the companion, Avinatan Or appears standing, with his hands tied behind his back, surrounded by several men.
Noa Argamani, a student, was released during an Israeli military operation in June 2024.
Avinatan Or had to wait until October 2025 to be released, along with 19 other live hostages, under the United States-mediated cease-fire agreement in Gaza.
The unprecedented attack by the Palestinian armed group Hamas on Israel killed 1,221 mostly civilians, according to a count of the France-Presse news agency.
The offensive launched by Israel in reprisal in the Gaza Strip made more than 73,000 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health of the Palestinian territory, which is under the authority of Hamas and whose figures are considered reliable by the UN.