The heart-rending stories of at least 10 Britons missing or dead amid the horror of Hamas’s shocking attack on Israel as Chief Rabbi says ‘there isn’t a Jewish family in the UK which hasn’t been affected’
At least ten British nationals are missing or dead following Saturday’s shocking attack on southern Israel, including two whose deaths have been confirmed.
Every Jewish family in the UK has been affected ‘in one way or another’, the Chief Rabbi said.
Sir Ephraim Mirvis told Sky News: ‘The first question we are asking people when giving them a call in the UK is, “How is everyone in your family?”
‘Because there certainly isn’t a Jewish family in the UK which hasn’t been affected in one way or another by this.’ Those confirmed missing or dead include:
NATHANEL YOUNG, 20
Corporal Nathanel Young, 20, from London, was a soldier in the 13th Battalion who lived in Tel Aviv
JFS Jewish school headteacher Dr David Moody said: ‘We are heartbroken at what has happened. Nathanel is fondly remembered’
Mr Young was fulfilling his ‘childhood dream’ to serve in the Israeli army when he was killed in the surprise attack by Palestinian terrorists.
A former pupil at JFS Jewish school in Kenton, north London, the corporal had been living in a lone-soldier house in Raanana, according to the Jewish News. His brother Eliot said: ‘Nathanel was full of life and the life of the party. He loved his family and friends and was loved by everyone.’
Mr Young’s funeral in Jerusalem yesterday was interrupted by warning sirens and loud bangs, with mourners taking shelter behind gravestones, the BBC reported.
JFS Jewish school headteacher Dr David Moody said: ‘We are heartbroken at what has happened. Nathanel is fondly remembered within the school and we think of him with nothing but love.’
BERNARD COWAN, 57
Glasgow man Bernard Cohen (aka Cowan) killed on Saturday in Israel by Hamas
He was yesterday identified by family members on social media as having been ‘murdered in cold blood’
Mr Cowan grew up in Newton Mearns, Glasgow, then settled in Israel where he lived with his wife and three children.
He was yesterday identified by family members on social media as having been ‘murdered in cold blood in his home’.
His brother, Colin Cowan, shared on Facebook: ‘Yesterday my brother was murdered by the terrorists Hamas.
Mr Cowan grew up in Newton Mearns, Glasgow, then settled in Israel where he lived with his wife and three children
‘He was the kindest, most generous person you would ever meet, and would go out of his way to help others. We are all heartbroken.’
Jackson Carlaw, Conservative Member of the Scottish Parliament for Eastwood in East Renfrewshire, said Mr Cowan had been ‘murdered on Saturday by Hamas’, adding that it was ‘desperately sad and grim news’.
JAKE MARLOWE, 26
Jack Marlowe was last seen attempting to rescue revellers from the killers. He remained missing last night
Mr Marlowe, who went to the same London school as Mr Young, left desperate messages to friends while providing security at the Supernova music festival close to the Gaza border, where around 260 people were killed.
His parents, Lisa and Michael, who live in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, have launched a desperate appeal for information.
The carpenter’s mother told the Jewish News on Sunday that the last message she got from her son was one saying he loved her.
Mr Marlowe, who went to the same London school as Mr Young, left desperate messages to friends while providing security at the Supernova music festival
His parents, Lisa and Michael, who live in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, have launched a desperate appeal for information
‘He was doing security at this rave yesterday and called me at 4.30am to say all these rockets were flying over,’ she said.
‘Then, at about 5.30am, he texted to say, “Signal very bad, everything OK, will keep you updated I promise you”, and that he loves me.’
DAN DARLINGTON
This is the last picture of Brit Danny Darlington and German girlfriend Carolin Brohl taken just one day before the attack
Photographer Mr Darlington is feared dead along with his German friend Carolin Bohl after the kibbutz which he was meant to have left the day before was attacked by Hamas fighters.
Heartbreaking photographs on Instagram show the pair laughing together shortly before they vanished.
His sister Shelley said: ‘My baby brother, Dan, was murdered by terrorists on Saturday morning on our kibbutz, Nir Oz, alongside his beautiful friend Carolin.
‘He was meant to leave for Tel Aviv the night before but decided to stay one more day to explore the kibbutz.’
DOR SHAFIR, 30
A British-Irish mum living in Israel is desperate to locate her missing son Dor Shafir (left) and his girlfriend, after the young couple were caught up in the Hamas terror attack
Dor Shafir, and his fiancée, Savion Hen Kiper, both 30, were attending the nature party near Nirim
A British mother living in Israel is pleading for help to find her missing son and his girlfriend after they were caught up in the music festival attack.
Miryam Shafir, 55, whose father is from Reading and whose mother was from Dublin, urged the UK and Irish governments to apply pressure on Hamas.
Her son, Dor Shafir, and his fiancée, Savion Hen Kiper, both 30, were attending the nature party near Nirim.
‘We know from a person that saw them at the party that when they heard the first rockets, my son and his girlfriend were the first to run to their car and leave,’
Ms Shafir said. ‘We don’t know if they are alive or dead.’
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