Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday extended his condolences to the family of Shlomo Mansour, 86, after the Israeli military confirmed his death during the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack on southern Israel.
The terrorist group is still holding his body in the Gaza Strip.
“Shlomo was among those who built the country and one of the founders of Kibbutz Kissufim. In his youth he was saved from the pogroms of the Farhud in Iraq,” said Netanyahu in a statement.
“We share in the family’s deep mourning. We will neither rest nor be silent until he is returned for burial in Israel. We will continue to take determined and relentless action until we return all of our hostages—the living and the deceased. May his memory be blessed,” added the statement.
