A 70-year-old lady with U.S. citizenship who used to be concept to had been taken to Gaza as a hostage through Hamas on Oct. 7 used to be in fact killed throughout the preliminary assault, in keeping with a commentary launched Thursday through the kibbutz she used to be taken from. Judith Weinstein Haggai, who used to be an Israeli, American and Canadian nationwide, got here below fireplace within the assault on Kibbutz Nir Ounces along side her husband, Gadi Haggai, 72, a twin U.S.-Israeli nationwide. Each have been believed to had been taken hostage, however final week Israeli officers stated that they had showed Gadi Haggai’s dying.
In keeping with a spokesperson for Kibbutz Nir Ounces, the place the couple lived, Judy Weinstein Haggai used to be additionally “fatally wounded” through Hamas gunmen within the Oct. 7 assault.
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Each our bodies are nonetheless believed to be held through Hamas in Gaza, the spokesperson stated.
Judith Weinstein Haggi and Gadi Haggai.
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The commentary stated Weinstein Haggai used to be a mom of 4 and grandmother of 7 who taught English to kids with particular wishes, and described her as a poet and entrepreneur who “pursued many tasks to advance peace within the area.”Weinstein Haggai had circle of relatives ties to the New York house. Gov. Kathy Hochul tweeted: “Heartbroken to be told that Judith Weinstein used to be killed throughout the October 7 assault. My middle is along with her circle of relatives in a foreign country and the ones nonetheless right here in New York. Might her reminiscence be a blessing and would possibly the various hostages nonetheless in captivity be introduced house safely.”Senator Chuck Schumer known as the inside track “devastating.” “I am grieving and praying for them. We will have to stay operating to convey the hostages house. We can’t wait,” he wrote.The couple’s daughter, Iris, informed CBS Information in past due November that she had noticed video proof that her father used to be killed, and stated at the moment that she had had no updates about her mom.
“The hostages that have been launched did not see her. They did not listen about her,” she informed CBS Information, as dozens of hostages have been launched as a part of a brief cease-fire. “I do not need any evidence of existence for my mother. Not anything.”Israel has stated about 250 other folks have been taken hostage through Hamas and different militants who rampaged via communities in southern Israel, close to the Gaza border, on Oct. 7, killing about 1,200 other folks, most commonly civilians. Israel vowed to wipe out Hamas and replied with a big army attack on Gaza, which stays ongoing and has killed no less than 21,000 other folks within the territory, in keeping with the Hamas-run well being ministry. A short lived cease-fire in November ended in the free up of 105 hostages — Israelis in addition to some foreigners — in change for 240 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. In keeping with Israeli government, about 129 persons are nonetheless being held hostage in Gaza.
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Kerry Breen
Kerry Breen is a reporter and information editor at CBSNews.com. A graduate of New York College’s Arthur L. Carter College of Journalism, she up to now labored at NBC Information’ TODAY Virtual. She covers present occasions, breaking information and problems together with substance use.
