The Israeli Army announced this Friday the recovery in the Gaza Strip of the bodies of three hostages taken by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) during the attacks perpetrated on October 7, while adding that all of them would have been killed during “brutal terrorist attack” and transferred to the Palestinian enclave.
Thus, it has stated in a statement published on its website that the military has recovered the bodies of Orión Hernández Radoux, Hanan Yablonka and Michel Nisembaum in a “night operation” in Yabalia, in the north of the Strip.
“Based on the relevant intelligence information we have, it appears that the hostages were murdered during the brutal terrorist attack on October 7,” he said.
The operation has been carried out “following precise intelligence information”, as specified by the Army, which has stated that “at the beginning of the operation, intense fighting was recorded in the area.” “Following the identification procedures (…), representatives of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) notified the families,” he said, while conveying his condolences to the families of the victims.
On the other hand, he has demanded that the population “Avoid spreading rumors and unfounded information and follow official announcements.” “The IDF and the Shin Bet continue, even at this moment, with the activation of all operational and Intelligence efforts to fulfill the supreme national mission of achieving the return of all those kidnapped,” he stressed.
These three people were kidnapped in the Mefalsim areathe same place they came from four other hostages found last week in a tunnel in Yabalia.
Radoux, of French-Mexican nationality, was the boyfriend of Shani Louk, one of the kidnapped women whose body was recently located. The man was at the Supernova music festival, attacked during assaults by Hamas and other Palestinian groups, according to ‘The Times of Israel’ newspaper.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuhas reacted to the Army’s announcement by conveying his condolences to the families of the deceased and reiterating “the national and moral duty to do everything possible to achieve the return of the hostages, alive and dead.”
“This is what we are doing,” he highlighted on his account on the social network grave in Israel,” he concluded. Along these lines, Israeli President Isaac Herzog has conveyed his condolences to the families of the victims after the “bitter news” of the recovery of their bodies in Gaza.
“It is our duty to bring everyone back, those who are still alive and those we must bring back for burial in Israel,” has said. “I send my full support to the brave men and women of the IDF and the Shin Bet – the internal Intelligence service – who are working tirelessly to achieve the return of all the hostages,” Herzog added.
Condolences from Macron, Lula and López Obrador
Shortly after, the president of France, Emmanuel Macron, has expressed his “immense sadness” over the death of Hernández Radoux, “hostage by Hamas since October 7.” “My thoughts are with her family and her loved ones. We are at her side. France remains more committed than ever to the release of all those kidnapped,” he stated through his account on X.
In addition, the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, He has assured that the Mexican authorities have done “everything” so that Hamas freed Hernández Radoux and the Franco-Mexican could “save his life.” “Unfortunately it was not possible,” she said. Thus, López Obrador has detailed that Hamas no longer has any Mexican citizen under its captivity, although the Houthi rebels are holding two Mexicans from the crew of a British ship that Yemeni insurgents kidnapped in November of last year.
The president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, for his part, regretted the death of Nisembaum, an Israeli-Brazilian national. “I have learned, with immense sadness, of the death of Michel Nisembaum, a Brazilian who was held hostage by Hamas,” he stated on this same social network. “I met his sister and his daughter and I know the immense love that his family had for him. My solidarity with Michel’s family and friends. Brazil will continue fighting and we will continue to be involved in the efforts so that all the hostages are freed, so that we can achieve a ceasefire and peace for the people of Israel and Palestine,” he said.
Until the announcement made by the Army there was no information about these three hostages and it was believed that they were alive. In recent months, Israel has confirmed the recovery of the bodies of several of those kidnapped and on all occasions – except for three who managed to escape and were shot by Israeli soldiers when they approached them for help – he has stated that they were killed during the October 7 attacks.
Israel began an offensive against Gaza in response to the attacks carried out on October 7 by Hamas and other Palestinian militias, which left around 1,200 dead and around 240 kidnapped. Since then, the Gaza authorities, controlled by the Islamist group, have reported 35,900 deaths due to the Israeli offensive, in addition to more than 515 Palestinian deaths in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
