Israel After body of hostage found in Gaza: son also dead
The 22-year-old son of a man recently found dead in the Gaza Strip and kidnapped from Israel is also no longer alive.
10.01.2025, 10:23
SDA
The Israeli army announced that it had informed the family after completing an investigation. The young Arab Israeli had been killed in Hamas captivity.
Israel's military announced the discovery of the 53-year-old father's body on Wednesday and also stated that findings relating to his son raised "serious concerns" as to whether he was still alive. Until then, it had been assumed in Israel that both were still alive.
The men, who belong to a Bedouin community, were abducted on October 7, 2023 during the Hamas massacre in the Gaza Strip. According to the army, both were alive at the time of the hostage-taking.
Two other children of the 53-year-old were also abducted at the time. The youngsters were released in November 2023 as part of an agreement between Hamas and Israel. The four were working in a kibbutz near the border with the Gaza Strip during the terrorist attack.
According to army sources, the remains of the two men were recovered from a tunnel in the area of the city of Rafah in the south of the Palestinian territory and brought back to Israel.
