“It is devastating to learn that our fellow German, Itay Chen, whom we had hoped to be still alive, is dead after all,” the German ambassador to Israel, Steffen Seibert, stated on Wednesday.
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Hamas killed the German-Isreali man on 7 October at age 19, and his body was abducted into Gaza, Mr Seibert said.The death of Mr Chen was reported by an Israeli soldier from the coastal town of Netanya on Tuesday, but without mentioning his other nationalities.“Our hearts are broken. We loved him so much and would have done anything to bring him home alive,” his parents said.
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