Hamas attack: Final missing Israeli victim declared dead

Until now, no trace had been found of Bilha Yinon, whose house was burnt down on 7 October.

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Bilha Yinon, 75, was murdered along with her husband, Yaakov, at their home in Netiv Haasara, when hundreds of gunmen from Gaza attacked communities in southern Israel on 7 October.

The Yinons' home was burnt to the ground, and while Yaakov's remains were found, there was no trace of Bilha, although she was known to have been with him at the time.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had now determined "after complex testing" of evidence in the area of the house that Bilha was killed.

Previously even fingertip searches in the ash and debris had failed to find as much as a trace of Bilha's DNA.

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