Reservist soldier killed in Lebanon is cousin of hostage: ‘He won’t get to see him come home from Gaza’

25 October 2024, 11:36 am 9 Edit

(R) Warrant Officer (res.) Guy Idan, killed in Lebanon, (R) his cousin Tsahi Idan, held hostage in Gaza (COurtesy)

One of the soldiers killed in the Hezbollah attack on troops in south Lebanon last night is the cousin of a man held hostage in Gaza.

Warrant Officer (res.) Guy Idan, 51, from Shomrat, is the cousin of Tsahi Idan, who was taken captive by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023 from his home in Kibbutz Nahal Oz, after his oldest daughter, Maayan, 18, was shot and killed through the door of their safe room.

Guy Idan was one of five soldiers killed by a Hezbollah rocket attack on a building in a southern Lebanon village last night.

Having already reached the age where he was no longer required for reserves duty, he had volunteered to serve.

“[Guy] won’t get to see [Tsahi] come home from captivity in Gaza,” a relative told the Ynet news site.