The Sun, on Gaza, 28 September 2026

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Comment now Next THIS is the moment an is taken out in an air strike after a three-year special forces search. Dramatic footage captures Saher Nidal Latfi Sakr standing in a narrow Gaza alley moments before a huge explosion tears through the spot. 6 An evil Hamas kidnapper of Noa Argamani Credit: Israel Police 6 In a split second, the figure disappears as the huge blast erupts and obliterates Sakr Credit: Israel Police Advertisement In a split second, the figure disappears as the huge blast erupts and obliterates Sakr.

Witnesses are seen as thick plumes of smoke billow above the buildings. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! Email address Please provide a valid email. Your info will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy You'll now receive top stories, breaking news, and more, straight to your email. The chilling footage was released by Israel Police after Israeli forces tracked Sakr down in the Nuseirat area of central Gaza.

Left out here: Leaves out what changes the picture

The article says the strike hit the "Nuseirat area" and a "narrow Gaza alley". It never says this was a refugee camp, as other coverage of the same strike does, so a reader does not learn the explosion tore through a crowded civilian camp.

How we know

Israel’s military said Sakr was the motorcycle driver who helped snatch Noa Argamani and Avinatan Or from the Nova music festival during the October 7 massacre. READ MORE IN WORLD NEWS TERRORISTS' JOY Miliband's sanctions on Israel praised by October 7 terror attackers Hamas TERROR PLOT Ex-bodyguard of Hamas boss 'given UK citizenship before plotting terror attack' Haunting footage of the abduction became one of the defining images of the Hamas-led attack .

A terrified Noa was filmed desperately reaching towards Avinatan as she was driven into Gaza on the back of a motorcycle. Sakr was the man Israeli authorities say was behind the handlebars. He was killed nearly three years later in an Israeli airstrike following an operation involving the IDF, Shin Bet and Israel Police’s elite Gideonim Unit 33. Advertisement Most read in The Sun FROG IN THROATS UK imports of frogs’ legs leap to record high as 34 tonnes of dish imported FEELING LUCKY?

Winning Set For Life numbers for Monday, September 28 £10k a month jackpot THE LOST TYCOON Inside fall of confused.com entrepreneur accused of fraud with £300m frozen ROSS CLARK National Care service is luxury we can't afford, unless PM makes UK richer first Israeli authorities described Sakr as an operative affiliated with global jihadist organisations in Gaza who infiltrated Israel during the October 7 bloodshed. 6 A huge plume of smoke is seen billowing above the buildings Credit: Israel Police 6 Israel’s military said Sakr was the motorcycle driver who helped snatch Noa Argamani and Avinatan Or from the Nova music festival Credit: @IDF They said he supplied weapons to Hamas during the war and had recently worked with Hamas and Islamic Jihad operatives to advance attacks against Israeli troops and civilians.

Left out here: Leaves out what changes the picture

The article never says the strike came during a declared ceasefire, which other coverage of the same strike reports and which has failed to halt Israeli attacks. With "during the war" and "continuing effort", a reader believes this was a strike in an ongoing war rather than an Israeli killing carried out under a ceasefire.

How we know

. Advertisement as gunmen stormed the site and scores of revellers were dragged into Gaza. Noa’s desperate abduction stunned the world after horrifying video of her pleading for help spread across social media. She endured eight months in captivity before Israeli forces launched a daring daylight raid into Nuseirat on June 8, 2024.

Noa was rescued alongside hostages Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov and Shlomi Ziv in Operation Arnon. She was finally reunited with her terminally ill mum Liora, who was battling brain cancer and died the following month. Advertisement Avinatan remained captive much longer before being released from Gaza in October 2025. 6 Sakr had been hunted as part of Israel’s continuing effort to track down those involved in the October 7 massacre Credit: Israel Police 6 Noa endured eight months in captivity Credit: @IDF Sakr’s killing was revealed as Israeli forces announced .

The IDF and Shin Bet said Gabain had been involved in holding nine hostages seized during the October 7 attack. Advertisement They named them as Ziv Berman, Gali Berman, Eitan Mor, Liri Albag, Agam Berger, Matan Angrest, Omri Miran, Keith Siegel and Alon Ohel. Gabain was killed in a separate airstrike in northern Gaza last week. RECOMMENDED STORIES Israeli forces said the Hamas commander had recently been advancing attacks against Israeli troops and civilians while working to rebuild the terror group’s capabilities.

“The terrorist was eliminated from the air in order to remove the threat he posed,” the Israeli military said in a statement. Comment now

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What we found (7)

The Sun calls Saher Sakr an evil Hamas kidnapper and a terrorist in its own voice, and its headline drops the attribution the body gives, when its only stated source for his role is Israel's military and police. It writes his killing as being taken out and eliminated, though its own body says he was killed. It never says the strike hit a refugee camp or came during a declared ceasefire, and it gives no figure for Palestinians killed in Gaza.

  1. Writes the death out

    Serious

    “taken out in air strike”

    Why this matters
    The headline uses "taken out" for a man killed by an Israeli air strike.
    The impression it gives
    A reader takes the strike as a clean removal of a target, not as a killing.
    The context
    The outlet's own body says plainly that Sakr "was killed" in the strike. The headline swaps that for a euphemism.

    How we know

    • Elsewhere in the article“He was killed nearly three years later”

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    “has been eliminated”

    Why this matters
    In its own caption The Sun says Sakr "has been eliminated", the IOF's own word for a killing.
    The impression it gives
    A reader absorbs the IOF's language as neutral description, so the killing reads as a task completed.
    The context
    The Sun repeats the IOF's wording. The IOF's statement in S29 uses "eliminated", and the article itself confirms elsewhere that he was killed.

    How we know

    • Elsewhere in the article“He was killed nearly three years later in an Israeli airstrike”
    • Elsewhere in the article“The terrorist was eliminated from the air”

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    “they had also taken out Hamas military commander Muhammad Hamad Muhammad Gabain”

    Why this matters
    The Sun describes a second killing as "taken out", carrying the euphemism over to Gabain.
    The impression it gives
    A reader sees a run of successful removals rather than a series of air strikes that killed people.
    The context
    Three sentences later the article says Gabain "was killed in a separate airstrike".

    How we know

    • Elsewhere in the article“Gabain was killed in a separate airstrike”

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  2. Labels people on one side's word

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    “evil Hamas kidnapper of Noa Argamani”

    Why this matters
    In its own voice The Sun calls the dead man an "evil Hamas kidnapper".
    The impression it gives
    A reader takes his role in the abduction, and his membership of Hamas, as established fact.
    The context
    The article's only stated basis for his role is Israeli officials. It says it is Israeli authorities who "say" he was the driver.

    How we know

    • Elsewhere in the article“Israeli authorities say was behind the handlebars”

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    “rushing towards the terrorist”

    Why this matters
    The Sun calls the man being killed on screen "the terrorist" in its own narration.
    The impression it gives
    A reader treats the label as the paper's own verified judgment on the person in the footage.
    The context
    The label comes from the IOF's statement, which the article quotes at its close. The Sun gives no independent basis for it.

    How we know

    • Elsewhere in the article“the Israeli military said in a statement”
    • Elsewhere in the article“Israeli authorities described Sakr as an operative”

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    Written straight

    Israel's military says Sakr drove the motorcycle used to abduct Noa Argamani and Avinatan Or, and describes him as an operative affiliated with jihadist groups.

  3. Headline goes beyond the article

    Serious

    “evil Hamas kidnapper of Noa Argamani”

    Why this matters
    The headline states as fact that Sakr was a Hamas kidnapper and drops the attribution the body gives.
    The impression it gives
    A reader believes Sakr was a Hamas member whose role in the abduction is proven.
    The context
    The body attributes his role to Israeli authorities. Israel's own description calls him an operative affiliated with "global jihadist organisations" who supplied weapons to Hamas and worked with its operatives. That is not a claim that he was Hamas.

    How we know

    • Elsewhere in the article“operative affiliated with global jihadist organisations”
    • Elsewhere in the article“supplied weapons to Hamas during the war”
    • Elsewhere in the article“Israeli authorities say was behind the handlebars”

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    Written straight

    Israel says air strike killed man it accuses of driving motorcycle used in Noa Argamani abduction.

  4. States one side's claim as fact

    Minor

    “Sakr had been hunted as part of Israel’s continuing effort to track down those involved in the October 7 massacre”

    Why this matters
    The Sun states in its own voice that Sakr was among "those involved" in 7 October.
    The impression it gives
    A reader takes his involvement as settled fact rather than an Israeli accusation.
    The context
    Elsewhere the article attributes this to Israel's military and Israeli authorities. Here The Sun drops the attribution.

    How we know

    • Elsewhere in the article“Israeli authorities say was behind the handlebars”

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  5. Writes Palestinians out of their own story

    Minor

    “Nearly 380 people were killed at the Nova festival”

    Why this matters
    The Sun gives the Israeli toll at Nova as plain fact.
    The impression it gives
    A reader learns the scale of Israeli loss and nothing of the scale of Palestinian loss in the territory where the strike took place.
    The context
    The Sun gives no figure, no name and no word at all for Palestinians killed in Gaza. The Daily Mail's report on the same strike gives the toll.

    How we know

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  6. Leaves out what changes the picture

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    What is missing

    The article never says the strike came during a declared ceasefire, which other coverage of the same strike reports and which has failed to halt Israeli attacks. With "during the war" and "continuing effort", a reader believes this was a strike in an ongoing war rather than an Israeli killing carried out under a ceasefire.

    How we know

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  7. Leaves out what changes the picture

    Minor

    What is missing

    The article says the strike hit the "Nuseirat area" and a "narrow Gaza alley". It never says this was a refugee camp, as other coverage of the same strike does, so a reader does not learn the explosion tore through a crowded civilian camp.

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