Tanzanian Joshua Mollel, missing since Oct. 7, confirmed dead, body held in Gaza
[IsraelTimes] Joshua Mollel, an agricultural intern from Tanzania who has been missing since Hamas’s October 7 onslaught, has been killed in captivity, the Israeli kibbutz where he had been working announces.
In a Facebook post, Kibbutz Nahal Oz says its officials have been notified that Mollel was kidnapped to Gaza and murdered, with his body currently held by the Hamas terror group.
“We send condolences to Joshua’s family. May his memory be a blessing,” the statement says.
Mollel, 21, had arrived in Israel in mid-September, his first time traveling out of Tanzania.
Family of Gaza hostage Tal Chaimi say they have been told he was killed on Oct. 7
[IsraelTimes] The family of Gaza hostage Tal Chaimi and Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak where he lived announce in a joint statement that authorities have told the family that he was murdered on October 7.
His body is believed to be held by terrorists in the Strip.
Chaimi, 41, married to Ella and father to 9-year-old twins and a six-year-old, was a third-generation member of Nir Yitzhak, and was part of the kibbutz’s rapid response team.
He went out that morning when it appeared that terrorists were infiltrating the kibbutz.