AN ISRAELI flag wraps the coffin of a hostage who died in Hamas captivity.
Guy Illouz was taken alive from Nova festival during the deadly October 7th attack by Hamas in 2023.
His body was returned to Israel as part of a prisoner-hostage swap and a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, where a funeral was held in Raanana yesterday.
The Israeli army say he was injured during his kidnapping and died in captivity from the wounds he sustained after not receiving medical treatment.
Yesterday, The Sun reported on how an Israeli hostage was forced to spend two years trapped inside Hamas’ terror tunnels without ever seeing another captive.
Avinatan Or, 32, was finally freed on Monday after 738 days as he revealed he faced prolonged starvation and lost up to 40 per cent of his body weight.
Avinatan was snatched from the Nova music festival in southern Israel on October 7, 2023 alongside his girlfriend Noa Argamani, 27.
The first thing he asked for when he was released was to see Noa after the pair were separated almost immediately once captured.
Noa was released during the first set of releases in June 2024.
They shared what was described as their “first cigarette together after two years”, according to the Times of Israel.
Avinatan also revealed that when he was alone in the dark and demonic terror tunnels spread across Gaza he had no idea what life was like above him.
He had no contact with the outside world and left captivity with no knowledge of what had transpired in the 25 months since he was taken hostage.
This meant he didn’t know about the fate of Noa.
He was only told that she was safely released over a year ago on Monday lunchtime.
