IDF Confirms Killing Hamas Terrorist Who Kidnapped Noa Argamani

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Shin Bet security agency, in cooperation with the Gideonim 33 unit of Lahav 433, have confirmed the elimination of Sahar Nadal Latifi Zakr, a terrorist documented abducting Noa Argamani on a motorcycle from the Nova music festival. The abduction video of Argamani and Avinatan Or became one of the most recognizable images from the October 7th attacks.

Zakr was an operative in global jihad organizations active in the Gaza Strip, and had supplied weapons to Hamas during the war. Recently, he had been advancing terror plans against IDF forces and Israeli civilians in coordination with operatives from the military wings of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, systematically violating the ceasefire agreement.

Zakr was eliminated in an airstrike to neutralize the threat he posed. The IDF stated that other terrorists involved in the abduction of Argamani and Or have also been killed during the war in Gaza. Approximately a week and a half after a hostage deal last year, which resulted in Or's release, the IDF announced the elimination of several terrorists involved in their kidnapping.