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Spaniard Iván Illarramendi and his Chilean wife Loren Garcovich were burned alive together by Hamas

Spanish citizen Iván Illarramendi and his wife, Chilean Loren Garcovich, were burned alive together in their home, on a kibbutz near Gaza, in the Hamas attack on October 7, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told EFE of Israel, which specified that the couple’s remains will be buried in Israel and Spain.

When asked by EFE about the delay in identifying his remains, the spokesperson explained that These consist only of ashes and few parts of their bodies, which cannot be separated.

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The spokesperson highlighted that the disclosure of this information was previously agreed with the victims’ families and added thatThe identification of his remains was completed this Tuesday after a complicated process.

This procedure was carried out at the Abu Kabir Institute of Forensic Medicine, in Tel Avivone of the two forensic centers where For several weeks now, the remains of people killed during the attack, whose bodies were left unrecognizable after being burned or mutilated, have been analyzed.

Confirmation this Wednesday that Illarramendi46 years old and Garcovich47 years old, died on October 7th at his home in Kibbutz Kissufim corrected the version that the couple were among more than 240 hostages kidnapped and taken to Link during the attack Hamasin which more than 1,400 people died and more than 5,000 were injured.

Illarramendi’s death brings to two the number of Spaniards who have died due to the attack by the Islamic group Hamas.

The other victim is the Spanish-Israeli citizen Maya Villalobo Sinvany, 19 years old, who was at the Nahal Oz base, near the border with Gaza, doing military service. His death was confirmed by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 11.

For his part, the Israeli ambassador in Pepper announced last month that at least four people of Chilean origin were killed in the Hamas attack.

The Israel Police confirmed today that 843 civilians killed in the October 7 attacks have been identified, and it is estimated that the remains of more than a hundred victims are still pending examination.

Source: Elcomercio

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