A Hamas terrorist who participated in the October 7 onslaught and was planning attacks on troops was killed in an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza Strip last week, the IDF and Shin Bet announced on Sunday.

The military said that on Tuesday it struck and killed Sakr Abu Karim, a commander in Hamas’s elite Nukhba Force and the leader of the Hamas raid in the Kissufim area on October 7, 2023.

Throughout the war, Abu Karim advanced and carried out attacks on troops in Gaza, and recently, “he violated the ceasefire agreement and stored numerous weapons in his home, while attempting to rebuild the organization and conduct terrorist training to advance additional terror attack plans,” the IDF said.

Alongside Abu Karim, the IDF said, the strike killed another Hamas member who served as a communications operative.

Israel has reportedly compiled a list of all Palestinians who took part in the October 7 invasion and massacre, and is aiming to kill or arrest all of them. According to the Wall Street Journal, the initiative began immediately after the attack two and a half years ago, and “hundreds” have since been crossed off the list, from high-level terror commanders to civilians who crossed the border and joined the attacks.

On October 7, 2023, Hamas led a devastating invasion of southern Israel that killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians. During the attack, terrorists slaughtered 14 out of the 270 residents of Kibbutz Kissufim and six foreign workers.

The October 7 invasion triggered a war in the Gaza Strip, which was halted by a shaky ceasefire in October 2025. Despite the deal, exchanges of fire have continued.

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