Yehdit Weiss was one of the Hamas hostages
The army of Israel announced on Thursday 16th that he had found the body of a kidnapped hostage Hamas in a building near AlShifa Hospital where Israel carried out a search operation on Wednesday 15th and which they describe as housing for members of the Islamic group. The body found was identified as that of Yehudit Weiss, a 65yearold woman who was abducted by Palestinian militiamen on October 7 from Kibbutz Beeri, a nearby Israeli community Gaza Stripsaid a military spokesman, adding that the body was “removed by Israeli troops from a building adjacent to the Al Shifa medical center” and later transferred to Israel. The discovery of his body is the first in Gaza City it was found in the center of the city and is also the first body of a prisoner that Israel has found in deeper areas of the enclave after 41 days of war.
According to the army, Weiss’ body was identified as part of a process carried out by military and rabbinate medical teams, along with the Institute of Forensic Medicine and the Israeli police, who informed relatives on Thursday. In their attack on Israel on October 7, Gaza Strip militias took more than 240 hostages in the Gaza Strip, including the elderly, minors and foreigners, and the army said its “national task” was now “to locate the missing and to return the abductees.” to their homes.” Weiss’ body was found next to military equipment, “including Kalashnikov rifles,” the army said, suggesting she was observed at the site of captivity by militiamen. The army did not provide further information about the prisoner’s cause of death or whether she died in fighting or shelling in the area, which has seen heavy fighting in recent weeks.
Photos of 224 Israeli hostages and red balloons attached to seats in the main hall of the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, Israel │ EFE/EPA/ABIR SULTAN
According to Israeli media, Weiss was a mother of five and was receiving medical treatment for breast cancer. On the day of the Hamas attack, she was in her home on Kibbutz Beeri when she was kidnapped, while her husband, Shmulik Weiss, was found dead. The discovery of the body comes as Israeli forces are conducting a “precise and targeted” operation for a second day at a nearby site, Al Shifa Hospital, the largest in the Gaza Strip. According to Israel, Hamas hides its main military facility in the enclave in and around the same medical complex. On Wednesday, Israeli forces announced the discovery of weapons, some vests from the AlQasam Brigades the armed wing of Hamas and a notebook containing information and pictures of hostages in a room at AlShifa Hospital, although the presence has not yet been confirmed was announced about tunnels and an alleged underground military network. Medical center officials insist there was no militia or military activity at the facility during the war.
*With international agencies