British teen missing after Hamas attack is dead, family say

A British teenager who went missing during Hamas’s attack on Israel has been murdered.

Yahel, 13, disappeared after militants attacked Kibbutz Be’eri and killed her British-born mother Lianne.

Her family members have now told the BBC that Yahel was also killed. Noiya, 16 and her Israeli father Eli are still missing.

The British family of Lianne previously told the BBC she was “a beloved daughter, sister, mother, aunt and friend who enriched the lives of all those lucky enough to have known and loved her”.

“She lived a beautiful life and will be sorely missed by the heartbroken family and friends she leaves behind,” they said.

On Monday Rishi Sunak said that “at least six” Britons had been killed in Hamas’s attack while a further 10 remain missing.

The prime minister described the attack as a “pogrom”.

He said he had increased aid to the Palestinian people by a third and reiterated that the UK must “support absolutely Israel’s right to defend itself” as it targets Hamas.

He also called for the immediate release of the around 200 hostages taken by the militant group.

With the families of some of the missing watching his statement in parliament, Mr Sunak recounted that more than 1,400 people were killed, more than 3,500 wounded and almost 200 taken hostage in Hamas’s attack.

“The elderly, men, women, children, babes in arms, murdered, mutilated, burned alive,” he continued.“We should call it by its name: it was a pogrom.”

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