Hostage Elad Katzir from Kibbutz Nir Oz murdered in Hamas captivity, body returned to Israel

Carmit Palty Katzir, the sister of Elad Katzir who was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists on October 7, announces that her family has been notified that her brother was murdered in captivity.

In a post on Facebook, she writes that his body was extracted from the Gaza Strip in a daring raid and returned to Israel and will be buried on Kibbutz Nir Oz.

“Elad was brought to Israel last night, after being murdered in captivity,” she writes, adding that the Israel Defense Forces spokesperson will announce the “brave rescue operation.”

“The IDF spokesman will not tell you that the prime minister, the cabinet and the IDF have no idea where most of the hostages, alive and murdered, are held. He won’t tell you either that they have no way to protect the hostages, even when they know where they are,” she adds in the post, claiming that her brother “could have been saved if a deal would have happened on time.”

Addressing the “cowardly” government, she says, “Look at yourselves in the mirror and see if your hands didn’t spill that blood. You have 133 more hostages to redeem, worlds to save.”

Katzir’s mother, Hanna Katzir, was also kidnapped from her home on Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7. She released on November 24 as part of a temporary ceasefire deal brokered by Qatar and the United States between Hamas and Israel. His father Rami Katzir was murdered during the massacre.