Céline Ben David-Nagar. Yaëlle Krief/Instagram
The 32-year-old young woman, mother of a six-month-old baby, had been missing since October 7. Her family hoped she would be taken hostage.
THE Crif (Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France) confirmed Monday October 17 the death of Céline Ben David-Nagar, a young 32-year-old French woman who had been missing since October 7.
The young mother of a six-month-old baby was attending a music festival in southern Israel that was attacked by Hamas terrorists. Her family hoped she would be taken hostage. Yaëlle Krief, her friend and spokesperson for the young woman’s support committee, announced her death tonews Lyon Monday evening. “It is with a heavy heart and immense sadness that we inform you that Céline has been found. May his memory be blessed.”she said.
“There are soldiers coming to help us!”
Céline’s brother, Samuel, testified on BFMTV that he struggled to find her, calling hospitals in the area, to no avail. He said the young woman was in her 4×4, less than 1 kilometer from the party, when the sirens sounded. “She went back towards the house, that’s where she spoke with her husband (on the phone Editor’s note.), she said: there are soldiers coming to help us! But they weren’t soldiers, they were fighters of Hamas who shot at them“.
“Her husband found the car yesterday, completely machine-gunned, continued the brother, with the Hamas motorcycle behind, blood from the driver. But no news from Céline“. From Israel, her husband launched, in tears, a message on BFMTV. “Céline, if you see these images, your daughter Hélie is in good health“. The latter told the BBC “no longer eat and sleep” since his disappearance. “You don’t sleep, you don’t eat, and you’re in some kind of crazy uncertainty.”he told the British television channel. “I want to believe that she is alive there, in Gaza, and maybe she is taking care of the children who were kidnapped with her. I just hope she knows we’re fighting for her and tells herself she’ll come home.”he added.