At least 22 Americans have been killed by Hamas and more than 20 are still missing following the terror attack in Israel, officials said.
President Biden revealed the latest update on Tuesday and said his office remains steadfast in ensuring the safety of Americans on board as he confirmed US citizens were among more than 150 people kidnapped by Hamas.
“I have directed my team to share intelligence and deploy additional experts from across the United States government to consult with and advise Israeli counterparts on hostage recovery and rehabilitation efforts because as president, I have no higher priority than the safety of the American people who are hostage. around the world,” said Biden.
While little information is currently available on the dead and missing, reports have confirmed the identities of the three Americans killed in the terrorist attack, as well as the seven who have gone missing.
The dead included a mother shielding her son from gunfire, a famous academic and a fun-loving music festival goer.
Deborah Mathias, 50
Deborah Matias died using her body as a shield to protect her teenage son. debshahar/Instagram
Missouri native Deborah Matias was in Israel when she and her family were attacked by Hamas terrorists, her father, Ilan Troen, told CNN.
The retired Brandeis University professor said Matias and her husband, Troen, were hiding in their family’s safe room with their 16-year-old son, Rotem.
Unfortunately, Hamas forces were able to break in and open fire on the family, with Matias and her husband using their bodies to shield Rotem from the gunfire.
Mother and father were killed, but Rotem was able to survive despite being shot in the stomach.
Hayim Katsman, 32
Hayim Katsman sacrificed himself to help a friend escape from Hamas captors.hannah.katsman/facebook
Hayim Katsman, who received his PhD from Washington University’s Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies in 2021, was living in Holit and busy with his research when Hamas attacked his village near the Gaza Strip.
While family members held out hope that the academic was alive but abducted, a friend who survived the massacre confirmed that Katsman had been shot and killed by terrorists.
Avital Alajem, who hid with Katsman in a closet, said Katsman sacrificed himself so he could escape, and he was able to save two children kidnapped by Hamas.
The worst attack on Israel in 50 years: How we got here
2005: Israel unilaterally withdraws from the Gaza Strip three decades after winning the territory from Egypt in the Six-Day War.
2006: The terrorist group Hamas wins Palestinian legislative elections.
2007: Hamas takes control of Gaza in a civil war.
2008: Israel launched a military offensive against Gaza after Palestinian terrorists fired rockets into the city of Sderot.
2023: Hamas launches its biggest attack on Israel in 50 years.
More than 1,200 Israelis have been killed, more than 3,000 injured and at least 100 taken hostage, with the death toll expected to rise after Hamas terrorists fired thousands of rockets and sent dozens of militants into Israeli cities.
Hamas terrorists are seen taking women hostage and parading them through the streets in a gruesome video.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced “We are at war” and promised Hamas would pay an “unprecedented price.”
Gaza health officials reported at least 1,050 Palestinians killed and more than 5,000 injured.
Katsman is a renowned scholar whose dissertation focused on religious Zionism in Israel. He is dedicated to serving “all forms of life that exist between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea,” according to the Seattle Times.
Lotan Abir, 24
Lotan Abir was among the more than 260 killed at the Nova Music Festival. Facebook / Tamar Herzig
Lotan Abir, from Utah, was attending the Nova Music Festival near the Gaza Strip when more than 50 Hamas terrorists swooped in and slaughtered more than 260 partygoers.
Abir, described by his local rabbi as a “fun-loving” young man, was partying at the festival with friends from Utah’s close-knit Jewish community.
“He finally laid down his life for our people in a warm welcome while celebrating some of his greatest passions in life. … Just a kind, sweet, fun-loving, innocent soul who was killed by terrorists,” Rabbi Avremi Zippel told the Salt Lake Tribune.
Abir has moved to Utah in 2022 to settle down after completing his military service in Israel.
Adrienne Neta, a beloved grandmother, was last heard screaming on the phone when Hamas broke into her home. Nahar Neta
Adrienne Neta, 66 years old
Adrienne Neta’s grandmother is among the Americans who are now unknown for following extremist attacks in Israel.
Neta’s daughter held back tears during Tuesday’s hearing about the moment her mother called her when terrorists invaded her home in Be’eri.
“We heard a little scream, and that was our last contact with him,” he said.
“It is our hope, which is quite absurd at this stage to say, that the optimistic scenario here is that he has been held hostage in Gaza and not died on the street of the kibbutz where we grew up,” the son said.
Judith Tai Raanan and Natalie Raanan
Judith Tai Raanan was visiting her family in Nahal Oz when Hamas attacked the village. Facebook/Keren Cohen Natalie Raanan, a recent high school graduate, was with her mother during the attack. Facebook/Cool Cohen
Judith Tai Raanan and Natalie Raanan, from Illinois, were visiting family in the village of Nahal Oz, bordering the Gaza Strip, when they disappeared on Saturday.
Judith’s brother and Natalie’s father said they had not heard from either of them and feared they had been kidnapped by terrorists.
“My daughter and her mother used to [captured] by HAMAS,” Uri Raanan’s father said in a desperate Facebook post.
Hersh Golberg-Polin, 23
Hersh Golberg-Polin lost an arm when Hamas attacked the Nova desert festival. Family Distribution
Hersh Golberg-Polin, from California, was also attending Nova’s celebration when the terrorist freed his hand, with the wounded man sending a heartbreaking text “I love you,” to his family before disappearing.
His mother, Rachel Goldberg, told CNN that her son was among those who tried to save others and fight Hamas before being injured.
“Terrorists came to the door, they threw grenades inside, shot machine guns,” he said. “We know Hersh’s arm from the elbow down was severed, blown off, and he tied a tourniquet with his shirt.”
Her son was then taken away in the back of a truck by Hamas, Goldberg said.
Sagui Dekel-Chen, 35 years old
Sagui Dekel-Chen was not heard from after Hamas attacked Nir Oz, where he lived.
Sagui Dekel-Chen, from Connecticut, disappeared from kibbutz Nir Oz as soon as the massacre began Saturday morning.
His father, Johnathan, joined the families of the missing Americans in calling on the US to do whatever it takes to help reunite his clan and stop Hamas.
“It seems to me that the United States, my home and still the place I love so much, always wants and must be on the good side. Hamas is evil,” said Johnathan, who grew up in Connecticut.
Itay Chen, 19
Itay Chen was serving in the IDF when his unit was attacked by Hamas near the Gaza border. Debbie Hill/UPI/Shutterstock
Itay Chen, a dual US-Israeli citizen, disappeared on Saturday while serving in the Israeli army along the Gaza border, his father Ruby said.
Ruby, a New Yorker, said she has not heard from her son since his unit was attacked by Hamas, and fears he may be among the IDF soldiers kidnapped by Hamas.
Ruby is among the concerned parents who are asking the US to help Israel find and free the hostages taken by Hamas as soon as possible.
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“We are asking on behalf of my family, for President Biden, where we are sure his heart is in the right place when it comes to Israel, and the Secretary of State, to do what they can to resolve this problem for us as soon as possible. maybe.”
Laura Abramov, 20
Laor Abramov was identified as a bomb shelter survivor who was allegedly among those kidnapped by Hamas.Instagram/Dj Darwish
Laor Abramov, from New Jersey, was hiding in an Israeli bomb shelter when he last contacted his family on the day of the Hamas attack.
“He called his dad in the morning — my brother — in the morning around 7:30, saying, ‘People are shooting at us,'” Abramov’s aunt, Yael Abramov, told The Post on Tuesday.
“‘I’m going to the missile shelter, the bomb shelter, and don’t worry,'” the aspiring DJ told his family. “’I won’t be able to speak because it’s so noisy.’ After that, we don’t know what happened.”
After not hearing from him for hours, his family came across a photo of Abramov in a bomb shelter besieged by Hamas, which opened fire on civilians.
One of the survivors told Abramov’s family that the 20-year-old had been taken by Hamas, who rounded up the survivors and loaded them into trucks.
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