The body of an Israeli soldier who was forced to appear in a Hamas propaganda video – before footage cut to his body – has been found near al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, Israel said on Friday.
Cpl. Noa Marciano, 19, was “kidnapped and killed” by Hamas and his body was found by the 603rd Battalion of Israel’s 7th Armored Brigade, which operates “next door” to the hospital, according to the Times of Israel.
“The IDF sends its condolences to the family and will continue to support them,” the Israel Defense Forces wrote on X.
Marciano appeared in a Hamas video on Monday in which he said he was being held in Gaza and pleaded for Israeli forces to stop bombing the area.
The video then cuts to show his lifeless body. Israel confirmed his death Tuesday.
Cpl. Noa Marciano, 19, was kidnapped on October 7 and killed by Hamas. Marciano’s mother tearfully honored her daughter at her funeral.REUTERS The heartbroken mother said the family had “exhausted everything” to try to bring Marciano home. ABIR SULTAN/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
In other Friday developments:
- -Opposed Israeli officials said they would agree to a “very limited and brief” ceasefire if Hamas released a large number of hostages.
- The Israel Defense Forces “confiscated various weapons found at [a] school” and “eliminate” Hamas terrorists hiding there, Israeli authorities said.
- Israel launched an Arrow 3 missile to intercept a rocket fired into the Red Sea region — the war’s first battle in space.
- The families of the hostages continued their march from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem to demand that the government step up efforts to bring their relatives home.
- The IDF called Osama bin Laden a “genocide terrorist” after pro-Palestinian supporters used TikTok this week to claim he attacked America on 9/11 on Israel.
- Bernie Sanders called on Israel to “stop the bombing now” or Congress won’t pass an additional spending bill.
“Dear Noni, in a sane world, we shouldn’t be standing here right now,” Marciano’s mother said at her daughter’s funeral Friday, as the teenager’s body was carried through the streets of Israel.Getty Images
Israeli officials criticized Hamas for its consistent use of “psychological violence,” including through the dissemination of videos and photographs of hostages.
Marciano’s mother tearfully honored her daughter at her funeral on Friday.
“Our dear Noni, in a sane world, we shouldn’t be standing here right now, but we’re not in a sane world,” the teenager’s devastated mother said in a video posted to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s Facebook page. “At the age of 19, you were taken from us prematurely. The mind struggles to let go, and the heart refuses to accept.”
Marciano appeared in a Hamas video on Monday, in which he said he was being held in Gaza and pleaded for Israeli forces to stop bombing the area. The video then cuts to show his lifeless body.
The heartbroken mother said the family had “exhausted everything” to try to bring Marciano home.
He also apologized to his daughter for “failing him” because he couldn’t get home safely.
Marciano was part of the 414 Combat Intelligence Collections Corps unit and was serving at the Nahal Oz IDF base when he was captured during a brutal raid by the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas on October 7, according to the Times of Israel.
His body was found as the IDF continued to search Hamas infrastructure in the hospital complex.
Marciano was the second body of the hostage to be found. The body of Judith Weiss, who was also brought on October 7, was found near al-Shifa Hospital on Wednesday.
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