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A grandmother taken captive throughout the Oct. 7 assault on Israel was in all probability killed when an Israeli helicopter, responding to the Hamas-led assault, fired on the car wherein she was being held, the Israeli army stated Friday. I went.
The revelation concerning the kidnapping of 67-year-old grandmother Efrat Katz got here the identical day Israeli army officers detailed failures that led to lethal air strikes on a convoy of assist employees in Gaza this week.
Ms. Katz's abduction from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7 was captured on video, displaying her being crushed behind a pickup truck alongside together with her daughter and two grandchildren.
The Military stated on Friday that an investigation into the Air Pressure's actions in response to the assault on October 7 discovered that “one of many fight helicopters that participated within the battle fired on the car carrying the terrorists” – and which, ” Look again,” the hostages had been additionally taken away.
“On account of the hearth, many of the terrorists on board the car had been killed, and most probably Efrat Katz was additionally killed,” a press release summarizing the investigation's findings stated.
The assertion stated the helicopter crew was not discovered to be at fault, because the hostages within the car couldn’t be distinguished from the terrorists.
Main Common Tomar Bar, commanding officer of the Air Pressure, stated, “It is a tragic and unlucky incident that occurred amidst situations of fight and uncertainty.”
Hamas and different armed Palestinian teams took greater than 200 individuals captive throughout the October 7 assault. In accordance with Israeli officers, about 100 hostages, most of whom had been girls and kids, had been launched throughout a ceasefire in November, and no less than 30 others are believed to have died in captivity.
In December, the Israeli army stated its forces had mistakenly executed three hostages in Gaza. The incident triggered deep anguish in Israel, resulting in calls for an additional momentary ceasefire and an settlement to permit extra hostages to be launched. However diplomatic efforts to safe one other pause within the preventing have stalled for months, at the same time as requires a ceasefire develop.