Peruvian Israeli citizen Margit Shnaider was found dead along with her husband, an Argentine citizen, after remaining missing since the attacks by the armed wing of Hamas in Israel on October 7, the Peruvian Foreign Ministry reported this Saturday, a death which results in three additional deaths. nationals who died during the conflict.

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs regrets to announce that compatriot Margit Shnaider and her husband, of Argentine nationality, who have been missing since the attacks of October 7 last year, have been found dead,” the Public Prosecution Service said on the social media. network X (formerly Twitter). .

The institution added that the Peruvian government “expresses its strongest rejection and rejection of the murder of Shnaider and her husband, and of any act of violence that affects life.”

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He also extended his deepest and most heartfelt condolences to his family and friends.

“Our embassy in Israel and missions in the region continue to work tirelessly to assist the Peruvian community that could be affected,” the brief statement concluded.

Shnaider’s death marks the death of three Peruvians since the conflict in Israel and the Gaza Strip began.

On October 10, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported the death of Peruvian-Israeli Brando David Flores García, 21 years old, who was serving the last days of his military service at a base near the Gaza border, according to what one of his sisters, Mirella Flores.

And a few hours later he announced the death of the Peruvian doctor Daniel Levi, who had disappeared after the attacks fifteen days ago and was in the Be’eri Kibbutz, a place near the Gaza Strip.

Two other Peruvians had been reported missing, Rufina Pereyra and Giancarlo Sala, but both appeared to be alive on October 11, the Foreign Ministry also said.

On October 7, terrorist attacks by the armed wing of Hamas on Israeli territory left at least 1,400 dead and 210 hostages taken, and Israel’s subsequent response with bombings in the Gaza Strip, which has caused at least 4,469 deaths, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Defense. Health.