– Israeli army announces death of hostage in Gaza
Israeli authorities confirmed Monday the death of a soldier whose body remained in Hamas hands since the October 7 attack.
Published today at 8:51 p.m.
Of 251 people kidnapped on October 7, 116 are still held hostage in Gaza.
AFP
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The Israeli army and the Hostage Families Forum announced Monday the death of a Bedouin soldier, killed on October 7 during the attack by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas in Israel and whose body was taken to the Gaza Strip .
Until now presumed hostage of Hamas, Sergeant Major Mohammad Alatrash, a 39-year-old Bedouin from the village of Moulada (southern Israel), “fell in combat and then was held hostage by a terrorist organization,” he said. the army said in a statement.
The Hostage Families Forum declared that it “deeply mourned the loss of Sergeant Major Mohammad Alatrash”, “who fell in combat on October 7 and then taken to Gaza by Hamas terrorists”.
“Two wives and 13 children”
He “leaves behind him two wives and 13 children,” added the main hostage association in its press release.
With the death of Sergeant Major Mohammad Alatrash, the number of victims killed during the bloody Hamas attack rises to 1,195, the majority civilians, according to an AFP count based on official Israeli data.
Of 251 people kidnapped on October 7, 116 are still being held in Gaza, 42 of whom are dead according to the army.
The Israeli military campaign launched in retaliation on the small Palestinian territory left 37,626 dead, mostly civilians, according to data from the Ministry of Health of the Hamas government for Gaza.
AFP
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