Israeli kibbutz says elderly captive Shlomo Mansour died in Gaza

Shlomo Mansour, an elderly Israeli man taken captive during the Hamas-led attacks on 7 October 2023, has been declared dead, a statement from his kibbutz said on Tuesday. 

The Israeli military said in a statement on Tuesday that the “decision to confirm his death was based on intelligence gathered in recent months”.

One of the founders of Kibbutz Kissufim, Mansour, 86, was taken from a henhouse during the attack on southern Israel.