The Spanish Iván Illarramendi and his wife, the Chilean Loren Garcovich, were murdered by Hamas during the attack on October 7, so at no time were they kidnapped, as confirmed by Israeli diplomatic sources.. Their bodies were identified on Tuesday night after being located in Kibbutz Kissufin, two kilometers from the Gaza Strip.
The remains of the couple were identified this Tuesday at the Abu Kabir Institute of Forensic Medicine, in Tel Aviv, one of the two forensic centers where the remains of people killed during the attack whose bodies were left have been analyzed for several weeks. unrecognizable.
His death is added to that of Maya Villalobo, who died the same day as the Hamas attack on the festival.. The young woman was performing military service in the Israeli Army, as she had dual nationality, and died on October 11 at the military post where she was, as confirmed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Illarramendi was 46 years old and was a native of the Guipuzcoan town of Zarautz (Basque Country), while Loren, his wife, born in Chile, had Israeli roots, as confirmed by Gabriel Colodro, president of the Chilean Community in Israel.. Both were allegedly kidnapped by Hamas when they were inside their house, in a kibbutz, where another 300 people dedicated to agricultural activity resided.
No signs of violence
When the couple realized what was happening, they quickly contacted their family to inform them of the situation, although it was too late.. When the Israeli Army showed up at his house, they found it empty, with no signs of violence.. As a consequence, the first hypotheses suggested that they had been kidnapped.
After hearing the news, the acting President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, was “dismayed”. “I want to convey my affection and sincere condolences to his family and friends.. The Government of Spain reiterates its condemnation of the terrorist attacks by Hamas on October 7,” he wrote in X, formerly Twitter. .
In the same context, the president of the Popular Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has regretted the “murder” of the Spaniard and his wife at the hands of Hamas and has defended the unity of democrats against terrorism.
The general secretary of the PP and spokesperson for the Popular Group, Cuca Gamarra, has also regretted the death of the Spaniard and has asked to condemn “this and all attacks by the terrorist organization Hamas.” “It is necessary to demand the release of all the hostages and continue condemning this and all the attacks by the terrorist organization Hamas,” he said in a message on his official account on the social network friends.