Israel says that the elderly hostage in Gaza was killed in the October 7 attack.

The Israeli army has said that an elderly Israeli man was killed and his body is being taken hostage in Gaza during Hamas attacks on 7 October 2023 of Hamas on southern Israel.

86 -year -old Iraq -born Shlomo Mansoor was kidnapped by gunmen at Kibutz Kisfim by gunmen. His wife, Majal, managed to escape.

The army said that the decision to confirm Shlomo’s death was based on intelligence collected in recent months and was approved by an expert committee of the Ministry of Health.

His name is in the list of 33 hostages of the Israeli government which is released during the first phase of a ceasefire deal released by Hamas which is coming under increasing tension.

So far, 16 living Israeli hostages have been freed in lieu of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails since 19 January. Hamas has also handed over five Thai hostages.

The remaining 17 Israeli hostage – two children, a woman, five men above the age of 50, and nine men under 50 – are to be issued in the next three weeks. Both sides have said that eight of them have died, but they are not named.

On Monday, Hamas warned that it would postpone the scheduled release of the next group of three at the end of this week, until we, the intermediaries of Katri and Egypt addressed that it had violated Israeli, in which it has violated Israeli, Shelters and medical supply are also included.

The danger inspired US President Donald Trump to propose that Israel canceled the deal and “broke hell” if Hamas did not release all the hostages until the afternoon on Saturday.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katj said that Hamas’s move was a complete violation of the ceasefire agreement and asked the Israeli army to prepare for any possible scenario in Gaza.

Shlomo Mansoor was born in Baghdad and a child survived Farhud Pogrome in 1941 against the Jewish community of the Iraqi capital.

He went to Israel with his family at the age of 13 and found Kibutz Kissfim, where he worked in the chicken coop and the iear factory.

On 7 October 2023, hundreds of Hamas -led gunmen hurlmed the fence of Israeli’s Gaza Paridhi and attacked many Israeli communities nearby, including Kisfim. He killed about 1,200 people and took 251 others back to Gaza.

Shlomo and Majal – who had five children and 12 grandchildren – ran into a safe room in their house that day, but a group of gunmen firing at the door and were able to open it. Mazal hid in the bathroom, but he found Shlomo, handcuffs him, and took him out of the house.

On Tuesday, the Israeli army stated that it had informed the Mansoor family that he was then murdered by gunmen and he had taken his body back to Gaza as a hostage.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he and his wife, Sara, expressed their heartfelt condolences to the family after “bitter news”.

He said, “We will neither rest nor remain silent until he comes back to burial in Israel,” he said.

“We will continue the prescribed and tireless action until we return all our hostages – living and deceased.”

The platform of hostage and missing families, which represents relatives of some hostages, said: “We share in the intensive sorrow of the Mansoor family.”

On Monday, in response to Hamas’s threat to postpon the next hostage release, the forum asked the mediators to effectively restore and implement the ceasefire deal so that the remaining 76 bounds are brought home.

“The recent evidence of those people, as well as the shocking situation of the hostages on last Saturday, leaves no place for doubt – the time is of essence, and all hostages must be immediately saved from this horrific situation,” this warning Gave.

The Israeli government was angry at Eli Shabi, 52, Ohad Ben Ami, 56, and or Levy, 34, which was paraded in front of a mob in Dir Al-Balah before handing over to Red Cross.

An Israeli doctor who treated Mr. Shabi and Mr. Levi said that he was in a “poor medical condition”, while a hospital official said that Mr. Ben Ami was in a “serious nutritional seat and he he weight A significant amount of was lost “.

Meanwhile, another hostage family, 24 -year -old, Alon Ohail said on Sunday that he had his first indication in 16 months that he was alive from Mr. Levi and Sri Shabi, who was taken captive with him.

A statement said, “Since his kidnapping, Alon has been held in Hamas’s underground tunnels without access to daylight or basic human needs.”

“We have been informed that Alon has been injured in his eyes. In addition, he is being specially held in a state of severe imprisonment, with severe food deficiency.”

The Ohail family also urged the Israeli government to pursue the conversation with Hamas in the second phase of the ceasefire deal, which continues the hostages, a permanent ceasefire, and looking at a full Israeli return from Gaza Needed

According to the Hamas-Interested Health Ministry of the region, more than 48,200 people have been killed in Gaza since launching a campaign to destroy Hamas in response to the October 7 attack.