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(A7) Ronen Engel’s wife and two daughters were freed earlier this week, yet the Nir Oz kibbutz confirmed he was deceased
The Israeli army on Friday confirmed the deaths of seven hostages held in Gaza, saying their families had been informed, and the body of one of them returned to Israel.
Guy Iluz, 26, named as another Israeli murdered in Hamas captivity pic.twitter.com/3rLYu7FobY
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“In recent days, the IDF (military) and Israel police notified the families of the hostages Eliyahu Margalit, Maya Goren, Ronen Engel and Arye Zalmanovitz about their deaths,” army spokesman Daniel Hagari said. Shortly after his statement to the press authorities also confirmed the deaths of Ofra Keidar and Guy Iluz.
Israeli authorities confirm that 70-year-old Ofra Keidar, who was listed as abducted, was murdered by Hamas pic.twitter.com/HZCcPSazIo
— i24NEWS English (@i24NEWS_EN) December 1, 2023
Hagari also said troops had brought back the body of an additional person whom he identified as Ofir Tsarfati.
Separately the army said Tsarfati’s body had been “located in recent days” in Gaza by troops and the Shin Bet internal security service and brought to Israel for burial, with the family informed of his death on Wednesday.
Engel’s wife and two daughters were freed earlier this week as part of the hostage deal.
Goren’s husband was murdered in the October 7 massacre, the worst antisemitic atrocity since the Holocaust.
