A U.S.-Israeli guy kidnapped to Gaza all the way through the Oct. 7 assault by means of Hamas militants was once killed within the assault, a gaggle representing households of hostages and his kibbutz group mentioned on Friday.Gadi Haggai, 73, is the newest showed fatality amongst hostages held by means of Palestinian militants within the territory. Haggai and his spouse got here underneath hearth by means of Hamas gunmen as they rampaged during the Nir Ounces kibbutz, the place they lived. He was once believed to were severely wounded on the time.
He was once kidnapped to Gaza at the side of his spouse Judith Weinstein Haggai, 70, who’s considered the oldest lady last a few of the hostages. She may be an Israeli-American twin citizen.
Gadi Haggai and his spouse Judy Weinstein Haggai
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The couple was once seized from Kibbutz Nir Ounces after they had been out for his or her “common morning stroll” on Oct. 7, the Hostages and Lacking Individuals Households Discussion board mentioned in a observation saying his loss of life. It described him as a “musician at middle.”
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The Hostages and Lacking Individuals Households Discussion board mentioned Judith “controlled to tell her pals that that they had been badly injured” from gunfire all the way through the assault, describing her husband as “severely injured.” The Nir Ounces kibbutz mentioned his frame was once nonetheless held by means of Hamas in Gaza. It mentioned he was once father of 4 and grandfather of 7. The Israeli military additionally showed his loss of life.His daughter Iris instructed CBS Information in an interview in overdue November, as dozens of hostages had been launched as a part of a brief cease-fire, that she had noticed video proof that her father was once in fact killed by means of militants, who then took his frame. She mentioned she had no information about her mom at the moment. “The hostages that had been launched did not see her. They did not pay attention about her,” she instructed CBS Information. “I shouldn’t have any evidence of existence for my mother. Not anything.”On Oct. 7, Hamas militants streamed around the Gaza border and attacked southern Israeli communities, killing about 1,200 other folks, most commonly civilians.
Some 250 other folks had been additionally taken hostage all the way through the brazen assault. Since then, in Israel’s blistering air, sea and flooring attack on Gaza, a minimum of 20,000 other folks, maximum of them girls and youngsters, were killed, in line with the well being ministry within the Hamas-run territory.November’s brief cease-fire ended in the discharge of 105 hostages — Israelis in addition to some foreigners — in alternate for 240 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.In keeping with Israeli government, 129 persons are nonetheless being held hostage in Gaza.
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