Zalmanovich was one of around 240 people kidnapped by Hamas terrorists (Reproduction/Telegram from July 10).
86yearold Israeli hostage Arye Zalmanovich died while being held captive by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip. The information was released by the terrorists who kidnapped Zalmanovich from his home on Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7.
That day, Hamas war criminals also murdered 1,200 people and took some 240 hostages the majority civilians, including women, children and the elderly and began the ongoing war in Gaza.
Zalmanovich suffered from medical problems and required treatment. According to the terrorists, he had heart problems caused by panic attacks.
Zalmanovich grew up in Haifa and was a member of the Hashomer Hatzair movement. In 1955, he became one of the founders of Kibbutz Nir Oz, where he worked as a farmer, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported.
His son Boaz said at a demonstration to free the hostages in late October: “Every day for 60 years he got up at 4:30 a.m. and went to plow, sow and harvest.” Even in the driest years, when there was nothing to eat gave, and even if the [sirenes de foguete] and the mortar shells gave him 10 seconds to get to a safe room, he refused to leave the kibbutz.”
“He is a man with calloused hands and simple clothing, and he sees the kibbutz as his life’s work,” he added. Boaz reported that he last spoke to his father on October 7 at 9:26 a.m.
Hospital, children’s room and seabed: See the Hamas terrorists’ weapons depots
IDF (Israel Defense Forces) spokesman Daniel Hagari said he had already taken action more than 6,000 weapons from the terrorist group Hamas since the beginning of the conflict, on October 7th. The seizure involves antitank missiles, rockets and ammunition of various calibers, which were found in a wide variety of locations. From the nursery to the ocean floor, see the places where Hamas terrorists hid their weapons against Israel. A video released by the IDF shows that terrorist groups in Gaza Strip hidden missiles and antitank missiles under one Cot and a stroller in it. The operation was carried out at the home of a Hamas terrorist. During the operation, the troops discovered a significant amount of weapons including rockets, explosive devices and tens of kilograms of explosives. All weapons were destroyed
The IDF also released photos of the interior of an apartment where Hamas terrorists assembled drones and stored weapons. The place is in one residential building, near a school, in the center of the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in the north of the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army emphasized that the weapons were in a room next to a children’s home
In recent attempts by Hamas terrorists to infiltrate Israel by sea, Divers from a terrorist group They left behind a number of weapons along the way. A video released by the Israeli army on Monday (13) shows a bulletproof vest, ammunition, a grenade, an AK47 rifle and a rocket found by the Underwater Missions Unit in the city Waters near the Gaza Strip
The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) even discovered a “terror tunnel” used by Hamas terrorists hidden in a hidden building Mosque in the Gaza Strip. The terrorists left the site before the troops arrived, but they left behind several weapons, including AK47 rifles and a .50caliber rifle, which they could use to shoot down aircraft and penetrate armor.
The Israeli army said it had found “ammunition, weapons and military equipment” belonging to the terrorist group Hamas AlShifa Hospital, in the city of Gaza, where he intervened militarily on Wednesday (15). “Below the hospital, in the basement, we found a Hamas command and control center, suicide vests, grenades, AK47 assault rifles, explosive devices, rocket launchers and other weapons, computers, money, etc.,” the opponent said. Admiral Daniel Hagari reported in a press conference on The Times of Israel website
Troops from the 401st Brigade were also deployed Blue Beach Hotel, lies in the northern coastal part of the strip. Around 30 Hamas terrorists barricaded themselves in this hotel and fired several antitank missiles at Israeli forces. After taking over the building, it emerged that the extremists were using the hotel rooms as shelters and carrying out attacks from the upper floors of the building.