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Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Italy confirms death of third citizen missing since Hamas assault
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleItalian foreign minister Antonio Tajani says the last of three Italian Israeli citizens who had been missing in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel is dead.
“Unfortunately, also Nir Forti is deceased,’’ the minister writes on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. Forti had been attending a music festival that Hamas attacked.
“To die at 29, barbarously killed by terrorists, is deeply unjust,’’ Tajani writes.
????#MedioOriente Morto Nir Forti, ultimo dei 3 italo-israeliani dispersi. A comunicarlo è il ministro degli Esteri #Tajani su X. Il vicepremier si stringe al dolore dei genitori del giovane: “Morire a 29 anni, barbaramente ucciso dai terroristi, è profondamente ingiusto” pic.twitter.com/iKl00kviCL
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