Sagui Dekel-Chen, 35, an Israeli American who had played for Israel’s national basketball team, was taken from Nir Oz, a kibbutz in southern Israel close to the Gaza border where militants abducted more than 70 people in the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023. He is a father of three, and his youngest child was born during his captivity. He worked as national coordinator for the British branch of the Jewish National Fund and with his wife, he converted buses for new uses, such as for mobile classrooms.
Iair Horn, 45, was 45 when he was abducted from Nir Oz along with one of his two brothers, Eitan, who was visiting for the weekend. Iair worked in construction and Eitan worked as a teacher.
Sasha Troufanov, 27, was a Russian Israeli dual citizen who was visiting family in Nir Oz on Oct. 7. His father was killed, and his mother, grandmother and girlfriend were taken hostage but released during the cease-fire in November 2023.
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