IDF says child was used to transport weapons in Gaza — Jerusalem Post

The Israel Defense Forces said that in the central part of the Gaza Strip, a man whom the military calls a terrorist used a child to carry weapons to a civilian house. According to the IDF, this was intended to prevent Israeli forces from striking the location to which the weapons were being delivered.

Statement by the Israeli military

As the Jerusalem Post reports, on September 27, 2026, the IDF released a video which, according to the military, shows weapons being transported to a civilian house with the involvement of a child. The Israeli military said that the man used the child as a human shield to prevent a strike and obstruct efforts to stop the movement of the weapons.

The IDF also said that after identifying the child's presence, it did not strike the man. The military called the incident an example of the systematic use of children by terrorist organizations for terrorist purposes and said that such actions violate international law.

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Statement about person involved in kidnapping

Separately, the IDF, the Shin Bet security service, and the Gideonim 33 unit said that they killed Saher Nidal Latfi Sakra over the weekend. According to Israeli security forces, he was involved in the kidnapping of Noa Argamani on October 7.

The IDF said that Sakra was recorded on video during the abduction of Argamani and Avinatan Or from the Nova music festival to Gaza on a motorcycle. The military also claims that he was connected to global jihad groups in the Gaza Strip, supplied Hamas with weapons during the war, and facilitated attacks against Israeli military personnel and civilians.