US EditionIsrael identifies latest hostage remains returned by Hamas from Gaza as Tanzanian student
Joshua Mollel, one of several Tanzanian students training in Israel near Gaza, was killed in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack and is among hostages held in Gaza, officials said.
- Israeli authorities confirmed that the remains returned from Gaza were of a 21-year-old Tanzanian agricultural student named Joshua Loitu Mollel, who was killed in a Hamas attack on October 7, 2023.
- There are now six bodies of hostages that remain in Gaza, as militants have released 22 bodies since the ceasefire began last month.
- Israel has handed over 285 bodies, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross, which handles the exchanges, while Hamas has said recovering bodies is complicated by the widespread devastation in Gaza.
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Israel identifies latest hostage remains returned by Hamas from Gaza as Tanzanian student
Israeli authorities have identified the latest remains of a hostage that Hamas handed over as belonging to a Tanzanian agricultural student.
Young man was abducted to the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, Hamas handed over dead on Wednesday +++ Israeli army attacks Palestinians +++ all developments in live blog
‘Escaping poverty for better life’: Murdered hostages Joshua Mollel and Rintalak Sutt
Joshua Mollel from Tanzania was working in Nahal Oz on Oct. 7 and stayed on the phone with a friend for 3 hours before vanishing; two months later, his family was told he was killed; Thai worker Rintalak Suttisak was murdered in a nearby orchard
Israel announced on Thursday 6 November that it had identified the remains handed over the previous day by Hamas as those of a Tanzanian student killed during the attack on 7 October 2023. The border area between Israel and Egypt was declared a closed military zone to combat the smuggling of weapons by drones.
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