A German citizen who was reported missing since the Hamas attack on October 7 has been found dead in Israel, according to the newspaper Bild this Saturday.

Efrat Katz, 68, was in the Nir Oz kibbutz at the time of the terrorist attack, fifteen days ago, and since then she has been listed as missing and her relatives feared that she had been kidnapped to the Gaza Strip, but she is now missing. has confirmed his death with the discovery of his body.

His daughter Doron, 34, remains missing; his granddaughters Raz and Aviv, four and two, respectively; his partner, Gadi, 79 and co-founder of the kibbutz; and his ex-wife, Margalit, 79, seriously ill.

Gadi was taken away by the terrorists after he tried to negotiate with them, according to his relatives. In total, five of the founders of Nir Oz are in the hands of Hamas, Bild notes.

Yoni Asher, 37, Doron's husband, was able to identify his wife and daughter Raz in a video of the Hamas abductions.

Last Monday, the German Foreign Ministry referred to “eight cases” of missing people, although it specified that a case can include several people and a few days ago it put the number of dead nationals at less than ten.