Omer Neutra, who had Israeli and American citizenship, was doing military service in Israel when Hamas invaded. His parents have been high-profile campaigners for the hostages.

An Israeli soldier held captive in Gaza has died, the military said on Monday. A military statement identified the soldier as Omer Maxim Neutra, who served as a tank platoon commander in the 7th Armored Brigade. According to Israel’s Army Radio, the body of the soldier was still held by Hamas in the Palestinian enclave.

An Israeli-American soldier who was believed to have been captured alive by Hamas in its October 7 attack was killed that day and his body taken into the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military said. Omer Neutra,

An Israeli airstrike on a car in the Gaza Strip on Saturday killed five people including employees of World Central Kitchen.

The strike highlighted the dangerous work of delivering aid in Gaza, where the war has displaced much of the 2.3 million population and caused widespread hunger.

At least seven people, including two children, were killed in new Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, as the UN halts aid deliveries through a key border crossing due to security concerns and a former Israeli defence minister decries 'ethnic cleansing' in Gaza.