Dual US-Israeli citizen Itay Chen, who was thought to have been held hostage in Gaza, was killed October 7, IDF announce
Source: CNN
Dual US-Israeli citizen Itay Chen, who was believed to have been held hostage in Gaza, was killed October 7 during the Hamas attacks on Israel, the Israeli military announced Tuesday.
Chen, 19, had been serving on the Gaza border on October 7, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said Tuesday. He was one of six US citizens thought to have been held alive in Gaza and is at least the fourth dual US citizen whose body is being held in Gaza, along with those of Aviv Atzili and husband and wife Gad Haggai and Judih Weinstein Haggai.
Chen’s remains were taken into Gaza after he was killed, the Israel Defense Forces said; Israel considers people hostages even after death until their remains are returned. Thirty-two of the 130 October 7 hostages are now believed to be dead, according to CNN records.
“No one should have to endure even one day of what they have gone through,” President Joe Biden wrote Tuesday of Chen’s family after learning of his death.
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