With profound sorrow, Kibbutz Nir Oz announces the murder of Avraham Munder while held hostage in Gaza, after enduring months of physical and mental torture."
This morning, we received the news that our loved ones who were murdered by the Hamas monsters will be brought for burial in Israel, thanks to the IDF's operations last night."
On Monday night, in a joint IDF and ISA operation, the bodies of the hostages Yagev Buchshtab, Alexander Dancyg, Avraham Munder, Yoram Metzger, Nadav Popplewell, and Haim Perry were rescued from the Khan Yunis area in the Gaza Strip."
The IDF told us that he was found in a tunnel in Khan Yunis. We are not yet sure what the cause of death is, but it did not happen recently - apparently around March. The news breaks us. The deal ended on the seventh day, when he was supposed to be included in the list for the next day. There were options, and we could have saved him."
Our hearts ache for the terrible loss.”
The state of Israel will continue to make every effort to return all our hostages - the living and the dead,
We’re working with the Israeli government on that, and I believe that we’ll be able to move forward with a plan to do that in the coming weeks,
He worked at the Nirlat factory and in recent years in a garage. Member of the Kibbutz Winery. Father of three sons and grandfather of seven grandchildren. Yoram will be remembered in all of our hearts as a pleasant and smiling man, who always made everyone feel immediately at home,
Chaim was 80 years old, father of five children and grandfather of 13 grandchildren. An entrepreneur, humanist and peace activist. On the day of the massacre at the kibbutz, Chaim managed to save his wife Asanat before being kidnapped himself. He survived in inhumane conditions in the Hamas tunnels for months, until he was brutally murdered in captivity,
We will always remember Munder, with his clear voice, his warm smile and his endless love for his family and the kibbutz,
We must not stop for a moment from working in every way possible to bring back all the hostages—the living to the embrace of their families, and the dead to be laid to rest. This is Israel’s highest moral duty.”
Our hearts grieve over the terrible loss. My wife Sara and I convey our heartfelt condolences to the dear families. I would like to thank the brave IDF and ISA fighters and commanders for their heroism and determined action,
Alex Dancyg was a historian, educator and farmer. Born to Holocaust survivors, he became one of the founders of educational delegations to Poland. Alex worked at Yad Vashem for about 30 years, where he trained thousands of guides in Holocaust education,
Hostages who were held captive with him reported that Alex spent his time in captivity giving history lectures to fellow captives. Alex was an avid reader with a passion for history and enjoyed various sports. Yesterday would have been his 76th birthday,
The immediate return of the remaining 109 hostages can only be achieved through a negotiated deal. The Israeli government, with the assistance of mediators, must do everything in its power to finalize the deal currently on the table,
I share in the mourning and the heavy sorrow of the families,