A 25-year-old Israeli hostage has died after being held for nearly two months by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, according to reports Saturday.
The body of Sahar Baruch, an electrical engineering student kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 from its kibbutz in southern Israel, appeared in a Hamas propaganda video released on Friday.
Hamas claimed he was killed in an Israel Defense Forces operation to free hostages.
The IDF denied the allegations and said Baruch had been killed by Hamas.
On Saturday, Baruch’s death was confirmed by members of Kibbutz Be’eri, where he lived with his family, and by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.
“It is with great sadness and a broken heart that we announce the murder of Sahar Baruch (25), who was kidnapped from his home by Hamas terrorists in Gaza during Black Sabbath and murdered there,” the community said in a statement.
The death of an engineering student held hostage in Gaza has been confirmed. the Hostage and Missing Families Forum
The family of the Ben Gurion University student is demanding the return of his remains in any future hostage release deal, according to the Jerusalem Post.
Baruch, whose brother Idan was killed by Hamas during the October 7 massacre, was considered missing for weeks, until his family received word that Hamas was holding him captive.
“Sahar was at home with her brother Idan at their mother’s house,” an aunt said in an interview with Israeli media on Saturday. “They woke up in the morning, like the rest of us, to the alerts and explosions. They entered and locked themselves in the mother. [protected space] but I couldn’t close the door,” so they closed it with a closet,” he continued.
Sahar Baruch, who was looking forward to his year at Ben Gurion University before being kidnapped by Hamas, was confirmed dead on Saturday. karenievers / Baruch survived, but was taken captive by the terrorist group, which displayed his remains in a propaganda video on Friday, announcing his death in Gaza. AP
“When the fire started, three grenades were thrown at the mamad. Idan was hit and Sahar treated him for hours.”
The brothers decided to jump out of the house when it started burning, the aunt continued. “At first, Idan jumped out and was probably shot dead nearby. Sahar stayed a few more minutes to bring him the inhaler because Idan was asthmatic. For more than two weeks we did not know what happened to him, and then we received information that he was not in Israeli territory.”
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Just before the Hamas attack, Baruch was eager to start the school year and planned to look for a place to live in Be’er Sheva, a city in the Negev Desert.
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