US EditionBody of IDF soldier Itay Chen, killed fighting Hamas on Oct. 7, returned to Israel
- On Monday, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed the body of Staff Sergeant Itay Chen, a 19-year-old dual U.S.-Israeli citizen, was returned from Gaza for burial after identification by the National Institute of Forensic Medicine, Israel Police, and Military Rabbinate.
- During the October 7, 2023 assault, Itay Chen was killed near Kibbutz Nir Oz after his tank was struck amid around 500 Hamas militants storming the area.
- His death was officially confirmed on March 10, 2024, after nearly 700 days in Gaza; Itay Chen was the middle of three brothers.
- A funeral will take place this week with full military honors for Chen, and the Prime Minister's Office said the Government of Israel shares in the Chen family's sorrow and that of all families of fallen hostages.
- The IDF and Shin Bet announced Tuesday that a body was transferred to the Red Cross in northern Gaza, while seven more hostages' bodies remain and Hamas conducts searches with Red Cross teams.
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A body handed over to Israel by Hamas on Tuesday has been identified: it is the remains of the last hostage with German citizenship. The dead man's family had met Chancellor Merz.
Itay Chen's body is no longer in Gaza. According to the Israeli army, the soldier, who also has German citizenship, was killed during the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. Now his family can say goodbye.
Hamas Releases Remains of Last US Citizen Among Hostages
The body of the last remaining U.S. citizen who was among the 251 hostages taken by Hamas from Israel into Gaza in October 2023 has been released, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Tuesday night. In the latest sign of progress under the U.S.-brokered cease-fire, the body of IDF soldier Staff Sgt. Itay Chen, who was an American Israeli dual citizen, was received by the Red Cross in Gaza and returned to Israel for burial. “Following the comp…
Itay Chen was an Israeli soldier who also had German and American citizenship. There are now seven dead hostages in Gaza.
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