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U.S. citizen believed held hostage in Gaza was killed on Oct. 7, IDF says

Three other Americans are still captives of Hamas, as a ceasefire deal remains elusive.

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Orna Neutra, the mother of American hostage Omer Neutra, who was killed on Oct. 7, 2023, wears a T-shirt bearing his face during a news conference in New York in April. (Adam Gray/Reuters)
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Omer Neutra, an American thought to have been held hostage in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, was in fact killed the day of Hamas’s attack on Israel, the Israeli military said Monday, citing intelligence it received.

Neutra, 21, a New York native, was a tank commander and the leader of a small Israeli army outpost near the border with Gaza. His parents, Orna and Ronen Neutra, had campaigned tirelessly for his release.