IDF says terrorists who abducted Noa Argamani, Avinatan Or and Eitan Mor killed in war

Hamas terrorists responsible for the abduction of former hostages Noa Argamani, Avinatan Or, and Eitan Mor from the Nova music festival, and others who participated in the October 7, 2023, onslaught, were killed in strikes in the Gaza Strip earlier this year, the Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet announced on Thursday.

The announcement came less than two weeks after Or and Mor were released from Hamas captivity as part of a ceasefire deal. Argamani, Or’s girlfriend, was rescued from Gaza in a special operation in June 2024.

Following an intelligence review, the IDF and Shin Bet said they were able to confirm the deaths of eight Palestinian terrorists who invaded Israel on October 7 and were involved in the abductions and murders of Israelis.

All were killed between March and August of this year, before a ceasefire took effect earlier this month, according to the announcement.

The terrorists were listed by the IDF and Shin Bet as:

• Ahmad Ibrahim Rajab Shaar, responsible for the abduction of Argamani and Or on October 7. Shaar was killed in a strike on August 22.
• Ahmad Abu Marhil, responsible for the abduction of Or on October 7. Marhil was killed in a strike on March 26.
• Arafat Dib, responsible for the abduction of Mor on October 7 and holding him in Hamas captivity in Gaza. Dib was killed in a strike on May 30.
• Odeh Alyan Ahmad Qaware, a Hamas terrorist who held Israeli hostages in captivity. Qaware was killed on August 26.
• Bakr Mujida, who broke Israel’s Gaza border barrier with a tractor and invaded Israel during the October 7 onslaught. Mujida was killed on July 13.
• Firas Ghrir Sweilam al-Hadaf, who invaded Kibbutz Kissufim during the October 7 onslaught. Al-Hadaf was killed on August 23.
• Ibrahim Saleh Rajab Bakhit, who invaded Israel on October 7. Bakhit was killed on July 6.
• Mu’ayid Mahmoud Muhammad Nufal, who invaded Israel on October 7. Nufal was killed on March 27.

This video, issued by the IDF on October 23, 2025, shows airstrikes between March and August 2025 against Hamas terrorists who participated in the October 7 onslaught and abducted Israelis. (Israel Defense Forces)

The effort to eliminate terrorists who participated in the October 7 onslaught was led by a unit in the Shin Bet named after the World War I-era Jewish underground organization “Nili,” an acronym for a Hebrew phrase that translates as “The eternity of Israel will not lie.”

The Nili unit was established immediately after the Hamas-led attack, and its goal is to eliminate all the terrorists who had raided Israeli territory on the day of the massacre. Military officials said the unit’s efforts would continue “even as time passes, until the last of [the terrorists is killed],” and that it was being carried out “in accordance with the legal and operational framework.”

The unit is made up of experienced intelligence personnel from the IDF and Shin Bet, both in the standing army and reserves, and their role is to carry out in-depth intelligence investigations of the terrorists who invaded on October 7 and returned to Gaza, including efforts to locate where they currently are to strike them.

Hundreds of October 7 terrorists have been killed during the war thanks to the efforts of the Nili unit, including top commanders in Hamas and other terror groups who commanded the massacre and abductions during the onslaught, according to military officials.

During Hamas’s October 7 attack, some 5,600 terrorists stormed across the border, massacred some 1,200 people, and took 251 hostages to Gaza. In all, the IDF estimated that it killed more than 1,600 terrorists during the onslaught in Israel and captured 149. The remainder managed to flee back to Gaza, where they have been targeted during the war.