Elderly Israeli woman with American citizenship is found dead, says family; granddaughter also died

An 80-year-old Israeli woman with US citizenship and her 13-year-old granddaughter, both kidnapped by Hamas militants in a kibbutz – a type of collective farming community – during the terrorist attacks on October 7, were found dead, the family said. victims to CNN this Thursday (19).

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed the deaths of Carmela Dan and Noya Dan to their family on Wednesday, according to Jason Greenberg, a relative who lives in Massachusetts.

“Their bodies are being returned to their families for burial at this time,” he said.

Carmela Dan had Israeli, North American and French citizenship. Her granddaughter was an Israeli citizen.

Another family member’s spokesperson also posted about the deaths on Facebook.

The news comes more than a week after five family members were kidnapped from their home in Nir Oz, a kibbutz in southern Israel, just a few kilometers from the border with Gaza.

Greenberg previously told CNN that there was a flood of text messages from family members saying they were hiding in a safe room and heard gunshots and smelled smoke.

The last message:

“We heard them. They are coming”. The family’s home was set on fire and family members present at the residence were taken hostage, according to Greenberg.

Three other family members, all Israeli citizens, are still missing: Noya’s brothers, Erez Kalderon, 12, and Sahar Kalderon, 16, and her father, Ofer Kalderon, 50.

Source: CNN Brasil

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