The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on social media Monday that Alex Dancyg had died. It added that the families had been informed. Yagew Bukhstaw was also reported dead with Dancyg.
They were most likely held together near the city of Khan Yunus and died there several months ago.
Alex Dancyg is dead. Israeli military releases statement
The Israeli military stressed that they were held captive by Hamas. “Alex and Yaghev were abducted to the Gaza Strip and their bodies are still being held by Hamas. The confirmation of their deaths came after a thorough review of intelligence data and approval by a commission of experts from the Ministry of Health in cooperation with the Ministry of Religious Services and the Israel Police,” it said in a statement.
The circumstances of their deaths are being investigated by the relevant services, it added. “We remain committed to gathering information about the hostages in the Gaza Strip and will continue to provide support to the hostages’ families at this difficult time,” the IDF said in a statement.
The Israeli ambassador to Poland commented on the news of Dancyg’s death online. “We are devastated by the news of the death of Alex Dancyg, who was kidnapped by Hamas fighters on October 7 and held in the Gaza Strip. Alex, born in Poland, did a lot to strengthen Israeli-Polish relations,” wrote Yakov Livne. He also recalled that Sunday was the historian’s 76th birthday.
The information about the death of Alex Dancyg was also announced by the State of Israel on its official social media profile.
Alex Dancyg is dead. The case was previously investigated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In March of this year, reports of Alex Dancyg’s death emerged. At the time, Hamas broke the news on social media. The group claimed that the historian had been killed during an Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to this information in an interview with Polskie Radio 24. The ministry’s spokesman, Paweł Wroński, said that “the situation is very complicated”, which is why “not much is known about it”. The MFA contacted the services in Tel Aviv at that time, but they did not confirm the reports.
Alex Dancyg held both Polish and Israeli citizenship. He fought in many of Israel’s wars.
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