Israel established a special task force after the October 7 massacre to track down and kill or capture every Hamas terrorist involved in the attack, according to a Wall Street Journal report published Wednesday. The unit, known as “NILI,” targets everyone from senior Hamas commanders to terrorists who physically crossed into Israel during the massacre.

The task force’s name is an acronym for “Netzach Yisrael Lo Yeshaker” — “The Glory of Israel does not deceive.” According to the report, Israeli officials said the name reflects a message that no victim of the October 7 attack would be forgotten.

NILI compiled a list containing “thousands of names” connected to the massacre. Israeli officials use facial recognition from Hamas social media footage, cellphone tracking data, and interrogations of Gazan detainees to identify suspects. Current and former officials told the WSJ that once two separate pieces of evidence confirm participation in the attack, the individual is marked for elimination without trial.

The report described operations targeting both low-level participants and senior Hamas leaders. One example cited was a terrorist who drove a tractor through the Gaza border fence on October 7 and was later killed in an Israeli airstrike while walking through an urban street. The report also referenced the recent killing of Hamas military leader Izz ad-Din al-Haddad, whom IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir described as “one of the chief perpetrators of the October 7 massacre.”

Former Israeli intelligence official Michael Milstein told the WSJ that “revenge is an important part of the discourse” in the Middle East, arguing that Israel must demonstrate the price of attacks like October 7. The report added that NILI has also reportedly taken part in assassinations of Hamas figures in Lebanon and Iran.