Relatives of hostage confirm death after failed raid
An Israeli detained since October 7 in the Gaza Strip was “murdered” by his jailers, residents of the kibbutz where he lived and an association of families said on Saturday. Palestinian Hamas previously announced that he had been killed during a rescue attempt by the Israeli army.
“It is with great sadness and broken hearts that we announce that Sahar Baruch (25 years old) has been murdered”, write in a press release the Hostage Families Forum and Kibbutz Beeri. Sahar Baruch was “abducted from his home by Hamas terrorists then taken to Gaza and killed there”they specify, in addition that his brother Idan had also died on October 7.
Eighty residents of this agricultural village in southern Israel, located a few kilometers from the Gaza Strip, were killed during the attack carried out by Hamas commandos infiltrated from the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli army recognized Friday the failure of a hostage release operation, during which two soldiers were, according to it, seriously injured.
The armed wing of Hamas, for its part, claims to have “foiled an Israeli attempt to free a hostage, spotting members of Israeli special forces sneaking into the central Gaza Strip” who had “slipped into an ambulance”.
In a press release, she reported“heavy exchange of fire”which left several soldiers injured, and reported a “a hostage killed”. Hamas then released an unauthenticated video in which we see the remains of Sahar Baruch.
According to the Israeli government, 138 hostages are still being held in the Gaza Strip, after the release, at the end of November, as part of a seven-day truce, of 105 kidnapped people, including 80 Israelis, in exchange for 240 prisoners . prisoners held by Israel.