The IDF announced on Saturday that it had recovered during the night the body of a hostage killed, according to it, in captivity. This is Elad Katzir, who was 47 years old at the time of his kidnapping on October 7.
The Israeli army announced on Saturday that it had recovered during the night the body of a hostage in Khan Younes (south of the Gaza Strip), killed according to it in captivity. Elad Katzir, who was 47 years old at the time of his kidnapping on October 7 from Kibbutz Nir Oz, was “reportedly killed in captivity by the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization,” said a joint statement from the army and the Shin Bet. . (domestic intelligence).
His mother Hanna, also taken hostage, was released on November 24 in the only conflict in six months of war between Israel and Hamas. His father Avraham was killed the day of the attack by the Palestinian Islamist movement on the kibbutz. The body of Elad Katzir was repatriated to Israel, where he was formally identified, said the army, which expressed its “deepest condolences to the family”. “Our mission is to locate and bring home the hostages,” she added.
“Our leaders are cowards”
But for Mr. Katzir’s sister, freeing him alive “could have been possible if an agreement on the hostages had been reached in time. Our leaders are cowardly and driven by political considerations, which is why a agreement has not yet been reached. “Elad was taken from his home in Nir Oz alive and in one piece, and was filmed twice during his captivity” by his captors, points out Carmit Palty Katzir on his Facebook account. “Prime minister, war cabinet, members of the (governmental) coalition. Look in the mirror and say that your hands are not covered in this blood,” she adds.