Overview
- Israeli forces announced Sunday that Saher Nidal Latfi Saqr was killed in an airstrike in the Nuseirat area of central Gaza after Palestinian media first reported the strike.
- The IDF, Shin Bet and the Gideonim Unit 33 of Lahav 433 said Saqr was the motorcycle driver shown in footage taking Noa Argamani and Avinatan Or from the Nova music festival on October 7, 2023.
- Israeli agencies accused Saqr of affiliating with global jihadist groups, supplying weapons to Hamas and helping to plan attacks against Israeli civilians and troops in recent months.
- Officials described the operation as part of an ongoing, interagency campaign to identify and eliminate people involved in the October 7 massacre and later abductions.
- Reports from Gaza also described other strikes and wounded civilians in the same reporting window, raising risks of further escalation and continued harm to noncombatants.