A most cancers sufferer kidnapped by Hamas and later discovered lifeless by Israeli forces was a ‘heat and loving mom and grandmother’, her son has mentioned in an emotional tribute.
Yehudit Weiss, 65, was receiving remedy for breast most cancers when she was snatched by Hamas thugs within the October 7 raids on southern Israel.
Final week her physique, and that of soldier Noa Marciano, 19, had been present in buildings subsequent to the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza – a website Israel says is getting used as a Hamas management centre.
Chatting with native media website Walla! her son Omer, described how his mom’s physique was recovered by Israeli Defence Pressure troopers in a dramatic operation.
He mentioned: ‘The forces went in there and tried to determine the physique as rapidly as attainable.
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Yehudit Weiss, 65, was receiving remedy for breast most cancers when she was snatched by Hamas thugs within the October 7 raids on southern Israel

Omer described how his mom’s physique was recovered by Israeli Defence Pressure troopers in a dramatic operation

Mrs Weiss and her husband Shmulik. Mrs Weiss was kidnapped from Kibbutz Be’eri and was amongst 239 folks taken final month
‘They arrived at a home close to the hospital and located mom not alive, and she or he had been lifeless for no less than two days.
‘To our understanding, she didn’t die due to her medical situation however by the hands of murderers. It’s attainable that she was even kidnapped as a physique.’
Mrs Weiss was kidnapped from Kibbutz Be’eri and was amongst 239 folks taken final month and her physique and that of Corporal Noa are the primary to have been recovered from Gaza.
Hamas has since launched 4 hostages and claims it doesn’t maintain all these taken, in addition to insisting a quantity have been killed throughout Israeli navy bombardment or in panic assaults.
Mrs Weiss’ husband Shmulik was killed within the assault, and the household had been knowledgeable of the invention of her physique shortly after a memorial service for him.
In a press release on social media Israeli authorities mentioned: ‘We’re devasted to share that the physique of Yehudit Weiss, a 65-year-old Israeli lady, who was taken hostage and murdered by Hamas was present in a construction close to the Al-Shifa Hospital.
‘Kalashnikov rifles and RPGs had been additionally discovered within the construction. Yehudit was a most cancers affected person whose husband Shmulik was murdered by Hamas terrorists on October 7.
‘Could Yehudit’s reminiscence be a blessing.’
Omer mentioned that he and the household had been knowledgeable of his mom’s dying by police and social staff who had arrived at a good friend’s home following the memorial.

Mrs Weiss was kidnapped from Kibbutz Be’eri and was amongst 239 folks taken final month and her physique and that of Corporal Noa are the primary to have been recovered from Gaza
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Omer and Zemer Weiss, the son and daughter in-law of late Israeli hostage Yehudit Weiss, communicate throughout an interview of their house in Moshav Olesh in central Israel, on November 17, 2023
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Omer and Zemer Weiss, the son and daughter in-law of late Israeli hostage Yehudit Weiss, communicate throughout an interview of their house in Moshav Olesh in central Israel, on November 17, 2023
He added: ‘There isn’t any details about father, our bodies had been recovered underneath hearth and he was most likely murdered at house.
‘We did not learn about mom both, they solely mentioned that she was most likely kidnapped.
‘She was a heat and loving mom and grandmother. She had 5 youngsters and 5 grandchildren. She was all the time busy with care.
‘She began as a kindergarten trainer and was a supervisor within the nursing area for the aged.
‘She was 65 years outdated, retired, however her schedule was all the time full. Someday per week with every grandchild. She all the time helped us in all the things and saved the household collectively.’
Omer revealed that his mother and father had despatched a determined textual content message the morning of the assault and revealed that had hoped it was only a ‘transient incursion’.
He went on: ‘Then they mentioned they had been listening to continuous gunshots, a bunch of terrorists had been contained in the kibbutz.
‘The final message got here although at 9.50am and she or he mentioned the terrorists had been hanging round exterior the home.
‘A minute later one other message got here by way of to saying “they’ve come once more, they’re capturing at us, save us”.
Her funeral service is because of happen on Sunday in Netanya, north of Tel Aviv and she or he can be buried alongside her husband.
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