Elad Katzir who was abducted on October 7 from Kibbutz Nir Oz/Maale Film School
Intelligence information that came from Iman and the Shin Bet was the opening shot for the daring operation to retrieve the body of Elad Katzir - who was kidnapped on the morning of October 7th to the Gaza Strip. A collection force of the commando brigade managed to collect intelligence information before the operation in order to identify the exact location in Khan Yunis. From the moment of receiving the reliable information, only a few hours were required until the forces of the commando brigade went into action.
The force of the commando brigade, which included the Magellan and Agoz units along with a paratrooper patrol, was at this stage engaged in another activity in the Strip - however, from the moment the information was received, the fighters quickly organized and went into operation - which was directed by the Magellan commander.
In a rapid movement of the forces, the fighters began to isolate the space where Katzir's body was buried. The operation lasted a whole night due to the complexity of the area where the body was kept - it is a very dense combat area. And in the background that the forces managed to reach the point - they began the rescue operations.
In a rapid movement of the forces, the fighters began to isolate the area/IDF spokesman
Despite the complexity of the terrain, the daring action of the fighters was carried out according to the exact planning of the army and went smoothly, without casualties. This is largely thanks to the speed of action in the field. Elad's body was found buried on the spot - it was retrieved to Israeli territory and transferred during the night for an identification procedure by medical officials at the Institute of Forensic Medicine.
"The body of the late abductee Elad Katzir, who, according to intelligence information, was murdered in captivity by the GAP terrorist organization, was rescued tonight from Khan Yunis in an operation by the commando formation under the direction of the Shin Bet and Iman and returned to the territory of the State of Israel," they said in a joint statement from the Israel Defense Forces. "L" and the Shin Bet. "His body was located using intelligence information from the Amman and Shin Bet and accurate identification of the Agoz unit."
"After an identification procedure carried out tonight by medical officials at the Institute of Forensic Medicine, representatives of the IDF and Shin Bet informed the family of the late Elad Katzir about the recovery of his body," it said. The IDF and the Shin Bet are working closely and in full coordination with the relevant national and security bodies in order to fulfill this mission, and will not let up until it is completed."
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Elad Katzir, 47 years old from Kibbutz Nir Oz in the Gaza Strip, was kidnapped from his home on October 7. On Black Sabbath he kept in touch with the family all morning until he was kidnapped, at the same time as his mother Hana. Every so often he sent a report that he was in the MMD. "He realized it was a big event long before we did," said his sister Carmit. "In the last recordings he sent us, he says 'resilience is needed' and we hear gunshots whistling around him. My brain didn't want to understand that this is what I was hearing. I called him, asked if he was in the MMD, he answered yes and said 'I can't talk to you, I have terrorists at home'. And hung up."
He has not been heard from since, except for two videos released by Islamic Jihad. In the first of them he talked about the captivity, among other things the fact that he is being held by Jihad. In the second, which is believed to have been filmed on January 5, he talked about his friend Tamir Ader, whose captors told him he had been murdered. His mother, Hana Katzir, was released from captivity in November in the first stroke of the kidnapping deal. Her medical condition has deteriorated since her return and she was hospitalized in serious condition.
Since Katzer was kidnapped, they haven't heard from him. Apart from two videos published by the Islamic Jihad/documentation on social networks according to Article 27 A of the Copyright Law
Elad's sister, Carmit Pelati Katzir, wrote about the message she received on Facebook, and did not spare criticism from all parties - the prime minister, the cabinet, the IDF and members of the coalition. harvesting. "In the terrible reality they have created for us, this is also a consolation. Elad will have a grave in Nir Oz. We will not remain in uncertainty. The IDF spokesman will not tell you that the Prime Minister, the Cabinet and the IDF have no idea where most of the abducted, the living and the murdered, are kept. He also won't tell you that they have no way to keep the abductees, even when they know where they are."
Pelati Katzir wrote about the deal for the release of the abductees that never came, and harshly criticized the government saying that it was motivated by political considerations. "Elad was abducted from his home in Nir Oz alive and intact and photographed Twice out of captivity, he could have been saved if a deal had happened in time," she wrote. "Our leadership is cowardly and motivated by political considerations, and that's why it didn't happen. He might be recognized as a victim of hostilities, but the exact term is 'casualty of acts of neglect'. He was abandoned on October 7th and was abandoned for 183 days in captivity, during which he could have been returned alive."
"Prime Minister, the War Cabinet and members of the coalition, look at yourselves in the mirror and say if your hands did not spill this blood," she wrote. "You have 133 more hostages to ransom, worlds to save. Eladi - May your memory be laughter, hugs and joy, fields and earth. This is not how your story and ours should have ended. Sorry we couldn't save you."
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