Israeli military confirmed: hostage dead in the Gaza tunnel, worry about second person

09. Januar 2025

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The Israeli army announced on Wednesday that it recovered the body of a hostage-taking victim from a tunnel in Gaza in southern Wal. Yousef al-Ziyadah, 53, was carried out during the Hamas attack on Israel kidnapped on October 7, 2023 and found in the tunnel area of Rafah Israeli defense forces (IDF) with.

Details on the kidnapping case

The IDF reported that Al-Ziyad was "killed in captivity" and confirmed that the corpse was discovered by at least two Hamas fighters nearby. His body was found together with clues that are currently being examined by the IDF. These clues provide "serious occasion for concern" about his son's life, Hamza al-Ziyad close to 23, who is also held as hostage. No further information about the information found was given.

family al-Ziyad and their situation

Nadav Shoshani, the international spokesman for the IDF, said: "We are currently investigating the circumstances" of death. The Al-Ziyad family belongs to the Beduine-Muslim Arab community in the Negev desert in southern Israel. Al-Ziyad near and three of his children-Hamza, Bilal and Aysha-were kidnapped by Kibbutz Holit in southwestern Israel, where they worked. Bilal and Aysha were one of the dozens of hostages that were brought back in November 2023 due to a temporary ceasefire.

Current status of the hostage frames

the whereabouts of Hamza remains unknown. The Israeli authorities believe that currently 99

impressions and reactions

al-Ziyad nearby had worked on the milk farm of the Kibbutz Holit for 17 years before he was kidnapped. According to an explanation of the family of families of hostages, he was "a person of dialogue and human connection, an pillar of strength for his family and an influential personality in his community." The Israeli President Isaac Herzog said that the Al-Ziyad family had received "the devastating news" and felt "deep fear for Hamza's fate".

urgent appeal for returning the hostages

"The time is running. Yousef was kidnapped alive! Our hostages are in the immediate vital. We have to do everything to put everything to rest 99 of our brothers and sisters - the living to their families and the fallen with dignity -" said Herzog in a statement on Wednesday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also expressed his "deep regret" and promised to continue "all efforts to bring back all of our hostages, the living and the deceased."