The Israeli occupation army announced today, Monday, the killing of a soldier with the rank of “captain” who had been detained in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023.

The Israeli occupation army’s statement on Monday said: “It was permitted to announce the death of the captured Captain Omer Maxim Nautara (21 years old), commander of a tank platoon in the 77th Battalion. He was killed on October 7, 2023, and his body is still in Gaza.”

The number of deaths in the Israeli occupation army during the war in Gaza since October 2023 has reached 808, according to the Israeli army.

Hebrew sources said: The soldier who was announced killed today during the battles of October 7, 2023, and whose body was detained in Gaza, came from the United States of America to serve in the army and joined the armored forces as part of the “Lone Soldiers” program.

The Times of Israel reported, “Nautra was believed to be alive and being held hostage, but the Israel Defense Forces said today that he was killed in battle during a Hamas attack and his body was taken from the Gaza border.”

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She indicated that the Military Rabbinate (a unit affiliated with the Zionist Defense Forces that provides religious services to soldiers) announced his death based on new intelligence findings and information, and his family was notified.