Kibbutz Be’eri announced that hostages Yossi Sharabi and Itay Svirsky were “murdered” in Hamas captivity in Gaza, Report informs referring to The Times of Israel.

The announcement represented the first official public notification that the two men had died.

The kibbutz, from where Sharabi and Svirsky were abducted by Hamas-led terrorists on October 7, called for their bodies to be returned for burial and for the release of all other hostages still in captivity in Gaza.

The loss and suffering of the families is enormous and unimaginable,” the kibbutz said. “We call on the war cabinet to do everything to return the members of the Sharabi family home as well as the other abductees.”

Eulogizing Sharabi, who was a resident, the kibbutz described him as “the most loving and devoted father and husband, a family man with a big heart. A man who loves people, was caring and known for his dedication to all those around him, and was always full of joie de vivre.”

The hostages were taken during Hamas’s October 7 onslaught, when thousands of terrorists burst across the border from the Gaza Strip by land, air and sea, killing some 1,200 people and seizing over 240 captives of all ages — mostly civilians — amid horrific acts of brutality.