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2 Saudis among Victims of Sri Lanka Bombings

A police officer inspects the explosion area at Shangri-La hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka April 21, 2019. (Reuters)
A police officer inspects the explosion area at Shangri-La hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka April 21, 2019. (Reuters)
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2 Saudis among Victims of Sri Lanka Bombings

A police officer inspects the explosion area at Shangri-La hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka April 21, 2019. (Reuters)
A police officer inspects the explosion area at Shangri-La hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka April 21, 2019. (Reuters)

Two Saudi nationals were among the victims of the weekend’s terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka, announced the Kingdom’s embassy in the country.

It identified the victims as Ahmed Zein al-Jaafari and Hani Majed Othman.

They were part of a ten-member Saudi Airlines staff that was in Sri Lanka following a flight to the country, it explained.

Director of the airline, Saleh al-Jasser, offered his condolences to the families of the victims.

The series of suicide attacks in Colombo on Easter Sunday targeted three churches and four luxury hotels that killed 290 people and wounded about 500.

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Former Israeli Hostage Dies at 78

A poster calling for the release of Hannah (Chana) Katzir is taped to the door of her home in Kibbutz Nir Oz, on Nov. 21, 2023. (AP)
A poster calling for the release of Hannah (Chana) Katzir is taped to the door of her home in Kibbutz Nir Oz, on Nov. 21, 2023. (AP)
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Former Israeli Hostage Dies at 78

A poster calling for the release of Hannah (Chana) Katzir is taped to the door of her home in Kibbutz Nir Oz, on Nov. 21, 2023. (AP)
A poster calling for the release of Hannah (Chana) Katzir is taped to the door of her home in Kibbutz Nir Oz, on Nov. 21, 2023. (AP)

Hannah Katzir, an Israeli woman who was taken hostage on Oct. 7, 2023, and freed in a brief ceasefire last year, has died. She was 78.

She was among the 250 hostages the Palestinian group Hamas took back into Gaza following the surprise attack that left about 1,200 people dead.

Israel’s subsequent bombardment and ground invasion have killed over 45,000 Palestinians in Gaza, more than half of them women and children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between fighters and civilians in its count.

The Hostages Families Forum, a group representing the families of people taken captive, confirmed Katzir’s death Tuesday but did not disclose the cause.

Her daughter, Carmit Palty Katzir said in a statement that her mother’s “heart could not withstand the terrible suffering since Oct. 7.”

Katzir’s husband, Rami, was killed during the attack by fighters who raided their home in Kibbutz Nir Oz. Her son Elad was also kidnapped and his body was recovered in April by the Israeli military, who said he had been killed in captivity.

She spent 49 days in captivity and was freed in late November 2023. Shortly after Katzir was freed, her daughter told Israeli media that she had been hospitalized with heart issues attributed to “difficult conditions and starvation” while she was held captive.