Israel says it killed in Gaza October 7 attacker who abducted hostage couple

Screenshot of the Israeli military’s message announcing the death of Saher Nidal Latfi Sakr, posted on X on September 27, 2026. @TSAHAL_IDF VIA X Israeli forces have killed a Palestinian militant who was filmed abducting a couple at a music festival during Hamas's deadly attack on October 7, 2023, the military said on Sunday, September 27. Read more Subscribers only Israeli hostages held in Gaza speak out about sexual violence while in captivity Video footage widely circulated in the aftermath of the attack showed militants abducting Noa Argamani and her boyfriend Avinatan Or at the Nova music festival. Argamani was rescued in June 2024 during an Israeli operation in the central Gaza Strip, while Or was released by Hamas in October 2025 as part of a ceasefire deal. The Israeli military "struck in the Nuseirat area and eliminated the terrorist Saher Nidal Latfi Sakr, a terrorist operative affiliated with global jihadist organizations operating in the Gaza Strip," the Israeli military said in a statement on Sunday. Sakr drove the motorcycle used to abduct Argamani and Or, according to the statement. Hamas and allied factions killed at least 370 people and took 44 hostages at the Nova festival on October 7, 2023, according to Israeli figures. Read more Subscribers only Evyatar David, former hostage in Gaza: 'I wake up at night with nightmares, and it haunts me all day long' Le Monde with AFP