Husband of Canadian confirmed killed by Hamas in southern Israel on Oct. 7
An Israeli-American man thought to have been taken hostage during the Oct. 7 rampage by Hamas in southern Israel has been declared dead. Gadi Haggai was married to Canadian citizen Judith Weinstein Haggai, who was shot by militants and remains in captivity, according to a statement.
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![A supporter of Israel holds a picture of kidnapped Israeli hostages Gad Haggai and Judith Lynne Weinstein during the "Flood Wall Street for Gaza" rally outside the New York Stock Exchange on October 26, 2023 in New York. Thousands of civilians, both Palestinians and Israelis, have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip entered southern Israel in an unprecedented attack triggering a war declared by Israel on Hamas with retaliatory bombings on Gaza. A bespectacled, clean shaven man holds up a paper that says, 'Kidnapped,' and contains a picture of an older man and woman.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7067619.1703252905!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/1746838595.jpg)
An Israeli-American man thought to have been taken hostage during the Oct. 7 rampage by Hamas in southern Israel has been declared dead. Gadi Haggai was married to Canadian citizen Judith Weinstein Haggai, who was shot by militants and remains in captivity, according to a statement.