Gouri Abdelmalek led Jund al Khilafa , which killed French hiker Herve Gourdel in September . Jund al Khilafa , an Algerian group that splintered from al Qaeda , linked to ISIS . The U.S. State Department has designated the Islamic State as a foreign terrorist organization since 2014 and imposed sanctions on its leaders.
Gouri Abdelmalek led Jund al Khilafa , which killed French hiker Herve Gourdel in September . Jund al Khilafa , an Algerian group that splintered from al Qaeda , linked to ISIS . Algerian military says it killed Abdelmalek and two other people in city of Isser on Monday .