2023-10-09 19:00:00
Dozens of foreign nationals have been killed, injured or taken hostage since Hamas’ massive offensive on Saturday once morest Israel which left at least 700 dead on the Israeli side.
Several of them were attending a rave party in the desert near the border with the Gaza Strip when they were attacked.
Here is an inventory, according to the information made public at this stage.
– THAILAND: 12 dead, 11 hostages
Twelve Thais died in Israeli territory, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in unspecified circumstances, eight others were injured and eleven kidnapped.
Around 30,000 Thais work in Israel, mainly as agricultural workers.
– NEPAL: 10 dead, injured
Nepal has ten nationals killed in the offensive, according to its embassy in Tel Aviv. Four others are hospitalized and “contact has been lost” with a fifth.
Israel hosts some 265 Nepalese students, 17 of whom were staying at Kibbutz Alumim in the south, the target of the attack.
– UNITED STATES: nine dead
The White House confirmed the deaths of nine American citizens on Monday, without specifying details.
A State Department spokesperson said Washington remained without news of some nationals and was working with Israeli authorities to locate them.
– UKRAINE: two killed
Ukraine deplores the death of two Ukrainian women who lived in Israel “since a long time”according to its Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
– FRANCE: two killed, eight missing
A French woman and a French man were killed in the attack, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced, specifying “continue the steps taken to clarify the situation of our unlocated nationals”.
On Monday, the deputy for French people abroad Meyer Habib declared that‘”at least eight French people” are said to have disappeared, died or been taken hostage, including Avidan T., 26, originally from Bordeaux (southwest) and living in Israel, who is said to be a hostage.
– UNITED KINGDOM: one dead, one missing
A 26-year-old British man, Jake Marlowe, is missing, the Israeli embassy in the United Kingdom announced on Sunday, without confirming his kidnapping.
He was providing security for the rave party.
His mother, Lisa, told the Jewish News that he called her on Saturday “at 4:30 a.m.” and described the rocket attacks to him. “Then at around 5:30 a.m., he wrote to me to say ‘bad connection, everything is fine, I’ll keep you posted, I promise’ and that he loved me.”. She has not been heard from since.
Nathanel Young, 20, a Briton serving in the Israeli army, was killed on the border with Gaza, according to his family on Facebook.
– CAMBODIA: one dead
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet confirmed the death of a Cambodian student who was in Israel.
– GERMANY: several hostages
Several German nationals, who also have Israeli nationality, are among those kidnapped, the German Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
The ministry has not commented on the alleged kidnapping of a 22-year-old German-Israeli woman, Shani Louk, whom her mother said she identified in a brutal video circulating on social media.
“We can clearly see our daughter, unconscious, in the car of Palestinians crossing the Gaza Strip”, Ms. Louk said in a video in German. The girl was with friends at the rave party, her mother told Der Spiegel newspaper.
– CANADA: one dead and two missing
The Canadian government said Sunday it was trying to verify information on the death of a Canadian and the disappearance of two others.
– MEXICO: two hostages
Mexican Foreign Minister Alicia Bárcena said two Mexicans were kidnapped.
– RUSSIA: four missing
The Russian embassy in Tel Aviv said it was unable to contact “nine people permanently residing in Israel or staying there temporarily”.
“Four of them appear on the lists of missing persons” provided by Israel, according to a statement cited by Russian news agencies.
– BRAZIL: three missing
The Brazilian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday “three missing Brazilians” and one “hospitalized”. The four people, who also have Israeli nationality, were participating in the rave party.
– PARAGUAY: two missing
The Paraguayan Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Sunday the disappearance of two Paraguayans residing in Israel.
– COLOMBIA: two missing
The Israeli ambassador to Colombia assures Monday that two Colombians have disappeared. Their names would be Ivonne Rubio and Antonio Mesías Motaño. Without confirmation at this stage from the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
– PANAMA: one missing
Panamanian Daryelis Denises Saez Batista “is among the missing”, according to the Panamanian government.
– IRELAND: one missing
Irish and Israeli Kim Kamti, 22, missing, attended the rave party. During her last call at 7:00 a.m., she was running towards a car to escape rocket fire, according to the Irish press.
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