Revenge served: IDF kills senior Hamas terrorist from Shalit deal in Gaza raid 

The IDF and the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) have successfully eliminated Nael Sakhl, a senior Hamas terrorist, in the Gaza Strip.

Sakhl, who had been directing terror attacks in Judea and Samaria, was targeted during a joint operation on July 24. The strike hit a location linked to Sakhl's operations in Gaza.

Several days after the strike, intelligence confirmed Sakhl's elimination. For over a decade, Sakhl was a key figure in Hamas' "West Bank Headquarters," responsible for orchestrating terror activities, financing, and supplying weapons to terrorist cells targeting Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers in Judea and Samaria.

In 2011, Sakhl was one of 1,027 convicted terrorists released in exchange for kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, along with other prominent figures like Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind behind the October 7 attacks.

* Arutz 7 contributed to this article.