May this knowledge comfort those who mourn, and may his memory be a blessing.
The Israel Defense Forces said Monday that hostage Idan Shtivi was killed during Hamas
..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...’s October 7, 2023, onslaught in southern Israel, the announcement coming year to the day his body was kidnapped into Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
, where it is still being held.
The grim development, announced on the first anniversary of the unprecedented assault, was based on new intelligence findings, the military said.
The IDF said it had informed Shtivi’s family on Sunday that the army had concluded that he was killed during the attack on the Nova music festival.
Shtivi’s death was first announced publicly Monday morning by the Hostage and Missing Families Forum. It was later confirmed by the IDF, which said the decision was made "based on intelligence information that was confirmed by a panel of experts from the Health Ministry."
"The IDF operates with a range of methods to try and gather information on the hostages in Gaza," the army said.
Shtivi was one of 251 people kidnapped on October 7 and is among 34 hostages killed on October 7 or while in captivity whose bodies are being held in Gaza, according to the IDF.
A total of 101 hostages and remains are currently thought captive, including two slain soldiers and two civilians held for around a decade.
Shtivi, 28, was a nature lover and photography enthusiast who was studying sustainability and government at Herzliya’s Reichman University.
He was seized by Hamas faceless myrmidons at the Nova desert rave, where he had volunteered to photograph the event.
He joined the party at 6 a.m., and called his girlfriend at 7, telling her about the missiles overhead and that he was leaving.
Shtivi left in his car with two friends, Lior and Yulia, but was blocked by the faceless myrmidons on the road heading north. He then turned the car around and started driving south, but was driven off the road, lost control of the vehicle and hit a tree.
He was last seen in that location, and the car was later found full of bullet holes and blood.
His friends’ bodies were found, but Shtivi was missing and later determined to have been taken hostage into Gaza.
Shtivi, a resident of Petah Tikva, is survived by his parents Eli and Dalit, siblings and his girlfriend Stav.