A 13-year-old British girl who went missing after Hamas terrorists launched their barbaric attack in Israel has been murdered, her heartbroken family have revealed.
Yahel, 13, disappeared after terrorists attacked the Be’eri kibbutz and killed her British mother Lianne, who was born in Bristol.
Her family has now confirmed that the teenager was also slaughtered in the attack, the newspaper reported BBC. Yahel’s older sister Noiya, 16, and their Israeli father Eli are still missing.
The teenagers had not been heard from since black-clad gunmen, carrying assault rifles and hand grenades, went door to door in their small kibbutz looking for Israeli families to slaughter or kidnap during their brutal attack on October 7.
Yahel and Noiya’s heartbroken uncles told MailOnline yesterday that despite not ‘eating’ or ‘sleeping’ since reporting the girls missing, they were determined to do everything they could to get them back to safety.
But today Yahel’s grief-stricken family, still reeling from the murder of her mother Lianne, confirmed that the 13-year-old had been killed by the terrorists.
Yahel, 13, (right in white dress) was killed by Hamas terrorists, her family has confirmed, while her older sister Noiya, 16, (left) remains missing
Yahel (left) and her mother Lianne (center) were killed by Hamas terrorists on October 7, their family has confirmed. Noiya (right) is still missing
Yahel, 13, disappeared after terrorists attacked Kibbutz Be’eri and killed her British-born mother Lianne. Her family has confirmed she was murdered while her sister Noiya, 16, (right) remains missing along with their father
Homes are destroyed after clashes between Israeli and Palestinian forces in Be’eri, Israel on October 14
Israeli soldiers patrol the area as traces of clashes between Israeli and Palestinian forces can be seen in Be’eri on October 14.
Her sister Noiya and father Eli, 51, are still missing while their uncle Yossi, 53, was kidnapped and taken to Gaza.
Just yesterday, the family was forced to confirm that the girls’ mother, Lianne, 48, was slaughtered in her home in last weekend’s attack.
The girls’ uncles, Raz Matalon and Sharon Sharabi, said they received a series of panicked messages from Lianne on Oct. 7, telling them she heard gunshots outside their home.
They told MailOnline: ‘She wrote that she heard gunshots outside her home. Those people were shouting and shouting in Arabic. And people are running everywhere.
“So they stayed in the safe room until they heard that the terrorists had entered the house and were trying to open the door.”
At that moment, all communication from Lianne and her family stopped, leaving her family waiting in vain for news about their loved ones.
The uncles said that Israeli soldiers were only able to enter Eli and Lianne’s home three days later, where they saw bullets embedded in the walls of the bomb shelter and in the children’s room.
“There were too big bloodstains on the floor,” Matalon and Sharabi said. “They saw the dog lying there dead.”
Noiya, far right, and her father Eli (center) are still missing while her mother (left) was killed by the terrorists
The family has now confirmed that 13-year-old Yahel and her mother Lianne were murdered by the terrorists.
In a tribute shared with the BBCFamily members said Lianne was a “beloved daughter, sister, mother, aunt and friend who enriched the lives of all who were fortunate enough to know and love her.”
‘She lived a beautiful life and will be greatly missed by the heartbroken family and friends she leaves behind.’
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