ROME: All of the three people with dual Italian-Israeli citizenships who went missing after the Oct 7 attack on Israel by Hamas have died, Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Monday.
“Unfortunately Nir Forti has also died. He was the last of the 3 missing Italian-Israelis,” Tajani said on X, the social media platform. “Dying at the age of 29, brutally killed by terrorists, is profoundly unjust,” he added.
Hours earlier, Tajani had announced the death of Lilian Le Havron, wife of Eviatar Moshe Kipnis, who had been confirmed dead on Oct 17. The couple lived in Kibbutz Be’eri, 5km from Gaza, one of the first areas to be hit by Hamas.
“I renew my condolences to the children and family. For Italy another day of mourning,” the minister wrote, in another message on X.
On Sunday, Tajani had said that seven or eight Italians, plus their spouses and children, were in the south of the Gaza Strip and were trying to get out.