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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Staff and agencies in Jerusalem

US citizen thought to have been taken hostage in Hamas attack reported dead

Two middle-aged men in front of posters with pictures of missing younger men.
Itay Chen’s father, Rubi Chen (in white T-shirt), on 10 October 2023. Photograph: Debbie Hill/UPI/Shutterstock

Joe Biden has said he was devastated to learn that a dual US-Israeli citizen thought kidnapped and held in Gaza had actually been killed during Hamas’s 7 October attack.

Itay Chen, 19, was about one year into his military service in the Israeli Armoured Corps when his base near the Gaza border was attacked.

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