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Thursday, December 7, 2023
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Thursday, December 7, 2023
Thought to have been among the hostages, kibbutz says resident Dror Kaplun was murdered on Oct. 7
Kibbutz Be'eri resident Dror Kaplun, 68, was murdered by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023 (Courtesy)
Kibbutz Be’eri announces in a statement that 68-year-old resident Dror Kaplun, who was presumed to have been among the hostages in Gaza, was actually murdered during the October 7 terror onslaught.
His DNA matched the bones uncovered by the fence of Kibbutz Be’eri by archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority.
His wife Marcelle Frailich Kaplun was also murdered during the massacre.
