The Israeli army announced on Friday that the body of a female soldier, kidnapped by Hamas, who had reported her death a few days ago, had been found in Gaza.
On Tuesday, the Israeli army confirmed the soldier’s death after Hamas released a video of her alive and then some images of what the movement said was her body after she was killed in an Israeli raid.
Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee said in a post on Gaza, and was transferred to Israeli territory.”
He stressed that the family of the killed soldier had been informed by the authorities of the “confirmation of his death”.
Martiano, 19, from the Modi’in settlement, was among those abducted by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
A few days ago, Hamas released a video clip of the soldier alive, followed by a photo of what it said was “the soldier’s body after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike.”
The Israeli army announced on Thursday the killing of an officer in ongoing clashes in Gaza, bringing to 51 the number of soldiers killed in the ground attack on the Strip since October 27.
The war broke out between Israel and Hamas after a surprise attack launched by the movement against military sites and residential areas adjacent to the Gaza Strip, which led to the killing of 1,200 people, mostly civilians, including women and children, and 239 people were abducted, according to Israeli authorities.
Since then, Israel has responded with intense air, sea and land bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip, followed by an ongoing ground operation. The death toll in Gaza has reached over 11,500 people, most of whom are women and children. , in addition to the wounding of around 29 thousand people, in addition to the over 2,700 missing under the rubble, according to what was announced on Wednesday by the Hamas Ministry of Health.