A Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist who participated in the massacre at the Nova music festival during the October 7, 2023, onslaught, and took hostage Inbar Haiman, was killed in an Israeli strike over the weekend, the Israel Defense Forces said.

The IDF said the strike on Friday in the central Gaza Strip killed Taher Ahmad Salem Abd al-Wahed, who, on October 7, “infiltrated the Nova music festival and commanded” Haiman’s kidnapping.

The IDF’s announcement came as Hamas-affiliated media reported on Monday that five people were killed in two separate Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip, including in a bombing that hit a hospital and another that targeted a vehicle. There was no immediate comment from the Israel Defense Forces on the incidents.

Haiman, 27, from Haifa, was captured and murdered by terrorists while fleeing the music festival, and her body was taken to Gaza. Her remains were returned to Israel by Hamas in October 2025. Terrorists killed 361 people at the festival among the 1,200 who were killed during the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel that day. Dozens of festival-goers were taken hostage.

In a separate strike in central Gaza, another Islamic Jihad operative, Salah Subhi Salah Qatrawi, was killed, the IDF said.

Qatrawi had attempted to advance attacks on troops near the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution sites during the war, according to the military. The GHF was an Israeli- and US-backed organization that worked to bring humanitarian aid into Gaza for several months during 2025, in a bid to........

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