A 21-year-old American Israeli military member is dead, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said on Dec. 2.
Omer Neutra “was killed in battle on Oct. 7 and his body has been held hostage in Gaza since,” the IDF said on the social media platform X.
Neutra had served as a platoon commander in Israeli’s Armored Corps.
The IDF said it confirmed the death through unspecified intelligence.
Members of Neutra’s family had called for his release. They met, along with relatives of other Americans thought to be held hostage by the Hamas terrorist group, with U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington in June.
This is a breaking story that will be updated.
From The Epoch Times