The Nir Oz community in southern Israel announced today, Thursday, the death of an Israeli-American woman who had been detained since the attack launched by Hamas on October 7, several days after announcing the killing of her husband.

The group said in a statement that “Judith Weinstein Hagai was injured during the October 7th attack, and her death in Saturday’s attack has now been allowed to be announced,” and she died from her wounds.

Weinstein-Hagai is considered the oldest woman detained by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, as she is 70 years old. She is “a mother of four and a grandmother of seven, and she worked as an English teacher specializing in working with people with special needs and those who suffer from concentration problems,” according to the statement.

She was kidnapped with her husband, Gad Hagai (73 years old), whose death in October was announced on Saturday. Their bodies are still in the Gaza Strip.

Their son, Al Hagai, said in an interview with Agence France-Presse this month: “I want to believe that she is still alive, but... I am not sure.”

US President Joe Biden said in a previous statement that he was "saddened by the news that American Gad Hagai is now believed to have been killed by Hamas on October 7." He added, "We continue to pray for the safety of his wife, Judy, and her safe return."

The attack launched by Hamas led to the death of about 1,140 people on the Israeli side, according to official Israeli figures. About 250 people were taken prisoner. There are still 129 prisoners in the Gaza Strip.

In response to the Hamas attack, Israel, which promised to eliminate Hamas, has been bombing the Gaza Strip since October 7, killing 21,320 people, most of them women and children.