Israeli fire ‘most likely’ killed woman taken captive on October 7: Army
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Efrat Katz was reportedly in a vehicle with her abductors when an Israeli aircraft fired at it.
An Israeli investigation has found that a woman who was seized during the October 7 Hamas attack was “most likely” killed when an Israeli combat helicopter fired on her kidnappers’ vehicle.
Efrat Katz, an Israeli, and most of the fighters in the vehicle were killed when the aircraft fired on them, the army investigation said on Friday.
The helicopter “fired at a vehicle that had terrorists in it, and which, in retrospect, based on the testimonies, also had hostages in it,” the army said in a statement.
“As a result of the fire, most of the terrorists manning the vehicle were killed, and most likely, Efrat Katz … was killed as well.”
The “tragic and unfortunate” event occurred at a time of “fighting and conditions of uncertainty”, Israeli Air Force chief Tomer Bar said in the statement.
