Mother was released in a hostage exchange
Israel recovers body of slain Hamas hostage
April 6, 2024, 1:29 p.m
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On October 7th, Israel is brutally attacked by Hamas, hundreds of people die and dozens are kidnapped. While Elad Katzir’s mother is released in a hostage deal, he dies in terrorist captivity.
The Israeli army says it has recovered the body of a hostage in the Gaza Strip who was kidnapped by radical Islamic Palestinian groups on October 7th. “The body of the kidnapped Elad Katzir was recovered from Khan Yunis during the night and returned to Israeli territory,” the army said. According to intelligence reports, the army said Katzir was “murdered while being held hostage by the terrorist organization Islamic Jihad.”
The 47-year-old farmer was kidnapped by Hamas from his home in Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7th. His father, Avraham Katzir, was killed in the massacres carried out by Hamas and other Palestinian groups in southern Israel. Elad’s mother, Hanna Katzir, was also abducted from Nir Oz to the Gaza Strip and held hostage there, but was released in late November as part of the only deal between Israel and Hamas brokered by the United States, Qatar and Egypt to date.
On October 7th, fighters from the radical Islamic Hamas, classified as a terrorist organization by the USA and the EU, and other militant Palestinian groups brutally attacked Israel, killing 1,140 people and kidnapping around 250 people as hostages in the Gaza Strip. In Nir Oz alone, armed Palestinians killed or abducted around a hundred of the four hundred residents. The Israeli government believes that around 130 hostages are still being held in the Gaza Strip, 34 of whom are believed to be dead.
Since the unprecedented attack, Israel has taken massive military action in the Gaza Strip. According to the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health, which cannot be independently verified, more than 33,000 people have now been killed.