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Loitu Mollel was kidnapped and murdered by Hamas terrorists during the assault on Kibbutz Nahal Oz, where he worked as an agricultural intern/IDF
Israel has confirmed the recovery of the body of Joshua Loitu Mollel, a 21-year-old Tanzanian national who was among five African victims of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks, bringing closure to a two-year ordeal for his family.

Mollel was kidnapped and murdered by Hamas militants during the assault on Kibbutz Nahal Oz, where he worked as an agricultural intern.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said his remains were recovered from Gaza on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, following extensive efforts to locate and return hostages and victims abducted during the attack.

He was the only African national whose body had remained in Hamas captivity.

“IDF representatives informed the family of Joshua Loitu Mollel that he has been returned for burial,” the Israeli military said in a statement.

“According to the information and intelligence available to the IDF, Mollel, 21, was an agronomy student who arrived in Israel for agricultural training at the Ibim Agricultural Campus as part of his studies. He was murdered by Hamas on October 7, 2023, and his body was abducted to Gaza.”

The IDF said Mollel’s death had been officially confirmed on December 13, 2023, after months of investigation.

“He leaves behind his parents, three sisters, and a brother,” the statement added, expressing deep condolences to the family.

The Israeli military reaffirmed its commitment to recover all hostages and victims still held in Gaza, calling on Hamas to fulfil its obligations and allow the return of all hostages for dignified burial.

Killed hostage
Mollel, a native of Tanzania’s Manyara Region, had travelled to Israel through an agricultural internship programme run jointly by Tanzanian and Israeli institutions.

He was stationed at Kibbutz Nahal Oz, near the Gaza border, when Hamas gunmen stormed the community, killing civilians and taking dozens hostage.

Initially listed among the missing, Mollel was later confirmed dead by Tanzania’s then–Foreign Minister January Makamba, who revealed that the young student “was killed immediately after being taken hostage.”

“We are planning to take Mr. Mollel’s father, another family member, and a government official to Israel to get more information on the matter,” Makamba said at the time.

In Nairobi, the Embassy of Israel in Kenya expressed sorrow following confirmation of Mollel’s identification, describing him as a promising young man whose ambition was to use his training to uplift his community back home.

“The Embassy of Israel in Kenya receives the news of the identification by Israel of the body of Joshua Loitu Mollel with heavy hearts,” the mission said.

“Joshua was killed by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, and for 761 days, his family waited in anguish, denied closure. We mourn with the family of Joshua and pray that his soul will finally find eternal rest among his people.”

5 Africans killed
The same assault also claimed the life of Clemence Felix Mtenga, another Tanzanian student working on a nearby farm.

At least five African nationals were killed in the October 7 Hamas attacks, including two asylum seekers from Eritrea, one from Sudan, and two from Tanzania.

The other identified victims were Wolderaphael (Tiger) Hagos Berhe, a 40-year-old Eritrean asylum seeker killed in Sderot whose body was later identified through DNA and repatriated, Goytum Jabrahiwat, another Eritrean asylum seeker murdered in Sderot, and Adam Barima, a Sudanese asylum seeker also killed in Sderot.

The October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks killed more than 1,200 people in Israel and led to the abduction of about 250 hostages into Gaza, triggering the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, which is designated a terrorist organization by Israel, the United States, the European Union, and several other countries.

Source:
https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2025/11/israel-recovers-body-of-tanzanian-victim-joshua-mollel/

Before he was slaughtered by hamas:

Tanzanian hostage Joshua Mollel’s body has been returned to Israel 732 days after he was murdered by Hamas terrorists.

Many of you will remember the video of him being stabbed and then shot by the terrorists on October 7th 2023.

21-year-old Joshua was an agricultural student… pic.twitter.com/sfqhLZZw6X

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) November 6, 2025

If you dey support terrorism, Na because e never hit ya family. However, it will soon knock at ya door too.

Are you paying attention?! This is what Hamas and their so-called "innocent" Palestinian "civilians" did on October 7th! They butchered a young man, a student, an intern from Tanzania who was just **here** to learn, and they dragged his body through the streets. They paraded him, they stabbed him, they shot him, even after he told them he wasn't Israeli. He was murdered for one reason only. He was in the one Jewish state.

And now? Now you see Africans and others cheering for these Hamas savages? Cheering for the monsters who tortured one of their own?! Where is your precious "Free Palestine" mob now? Silent! Deafeningly silent while this boy's body rotted away in a Gaza tunnel, held hostage by the very terrorists they apologize for!

We have the videos. We have seen the raw, unfiltered evil. If you see what they did and you don't become radically, permanently anti-Hamas, anti-Islamist terrorism, then you are part of the problem. You are swallowing their lies and supporting the butchers.

Let this be a promise, a vow written in the blood of their victims. Hamas will be erased from the earth. They and every last one of their supporters who celebrated this atrocity will be wiped out.
Israel will hunt down every single terrorist who had a hand in this until their world collapses around them. Just watch. Remember, Israel always finish what w** start.
Am Yisrael Chai 🇮🇱🇮🇱

Blood thirsty evil people. You no go see anybody cry for this innocent African guy, Nigerians dey shout Hamas dis, Gaza dat. Nonsense

I want Isreal and the USA to come and take our resources in exchange to flush all the terrorist out and to also help ban that sharia law in the Northern Nigeria because I want to go there and check something.

If you can support Palestinian state independence, that's ok.

What's stopping you from supporting Biafra state independence??

Such an innocent soul lost because he was at d right place at d wrong time.why must a religion believe u can kill in d name of your God and u will b rewarded by dsame God for committing such despicable act?such a barbaric religion

How can these people just kill for fun !. At least, dem know say these ones noor be Israeli citizens

See them? A religion that encourage you to kill for a useless dead god is not worry serving.

This is so sad. May his soul rest in peace.

Only evil people support terrorism

Stupid hamas terrorists. They claim years of whatever is the reason they won’t stop attacking Israeli civilians. Now why has this poor African black man did to them to murder him. I wish Hod can just take this terrorists out of this our beautiful world once and for all. Cowards murdering innocent people for their own selfishness while disguising it as fighting for God. SMH

Wizardslayer:
If you can support Palestinian state independence, that's ok.

What's stopping you from supporting Biafra state independence??

Wetin dis one Dey talk again

Hamas militants killed this boy in cold blood. And what was his 'crime'?

Black Africans need to wake up. We have no dog in this fight. What's wrong is wrong - no two ways about it.

Hezzyluv:
If you dey support terrorism, Na because e never hit ya family. However, it will soon knock at ya door too.

Just as some people are being terrorized already without knowing because when a group tell you not to come out of your house, not to got to school and businesses must not open on Mondays or get killed for over 4 years and counting and you think others are at the receiving end then you don't know why it's happening

These people nor dey reason Africans

I feel sorry for those Nigerians supporting them

Hamas are evil people

Botragelad:
Are you paying attention?! This is what Hamas and their so-called "innocent" Palestinian "civilians" did on October 7th! They butchered a young man, a student, an intern from Tanzania who was just **here** to learn, and they dragged his body through the streets. They paraded him, they stabbed him, they shot him, even after he told them he wasn't Israeli. He was murdered for one reason only. He was in the one Jewish state.

And now? Now you see Africans and others cheering for these Hamas savages? Cheering for the monsters who tortured one of their own?! Where is your precious "Free Palestine" mob now? Silent! Deafeningly silent while this boy's body rotted away in a Gaza tunnel, held hostage by the very terrorists they apologize for!

We have the videos. We have seen the raw, unfiltered evil. If you see what they did and you don't become radically, permanently anti-Hamas, anti-Islamist terrorism, then you are part of the problem. You are swallowing their lies and supporting the butchers.

Let this be a promise, a vow written in the blood of their victims. Hamas will be erased from the earth. They and every last one of their supporters who celebrated this atrocity will be wiped out.
Israel will hunt down every single terrorist who had a hand in this until their world collapses around them. Just watch. Remember, Israel always finish what w** start.
Am Yisrael Chai 🇮🇱🇮🇱

I think it's probably impossible for you to understand that they were fighting against what they perceived to be heinous oppression. Israel is wrong but Hamas is also wrong.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/22/jewish-notables-open-letter-un-sanction-israel
Even Jewish intellectuals know that Israel is wrong but Nigerian church goers without any reasonable good deeds in their lifes will always support Israel hoping to curry favour with God

God bless Israel, keep saving the world from islamic terrorism. Sons of Zion

For those supporting Hamas in order to seem "woke", I hope you guys are seeing this? Continue [quote author=Botragelad post=137383599]Source:
https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2025/11/israel-recovers-body-of-tanzanian-victim-joshua-mollel/

Before he was slaughtered by hamas:

Tanzanian hostage Joshua Mollel’s body has been returned to Israel 732 days after he was murdered by Hamas terrorists.

Many of you will remember the video of him being stabbed and then shot by the terrorists on October 7th 2023.

21-year-old Joshua was an agricultural student… pic.twitter.com/sfqhLZZw6X

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) November 6, 2025

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This is one of the reasons I'll always support Netanyahu in eliminating those blood thirsty terrorists. Netanyahu and Trump have their antidote.

sheguy:
I want Isreal and the USA to come and take our resources in exchange to flush all the terrorist out and to also help ban that sharia law in the Northern Nigeria because I want to go there and check something.

So you would like what is happening currently in Libya to happen in Nigeria

psalmsjob:
Just as some people are being terrorized already without knowing because when a group tell you not to come out of your house, not to got to school and businesses must not open on Mondays or get killed for over 4 years and counting and you think others are at the receiving end then you don't know why it's happening

See! He's smiling...he's laffn!!!

He's happy...

God is watching us all...

Babalegba:
I think it's probably impossible for you to understand that they were fighting against what they perceived to be heinous oppression. Israel is wrong but Hamas is also wrong.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/22/jewish-notables-open-letter-un-sanction-israel
Even Jewish intellectuals know that Israel is wrong but Nigerian church goers without any reasonable good deeds in their lifes will always support Israel hoping to curry favour with God

Look at all of them!!!!
No time to console with the lost soul but enough time to attack the church and even mentioning the almighty God!!!

Hamas sympathizers over to you, what do you have to say about this........

I see a lot of comments will soon get folded, just watch and see....

This is wickedness. Does that face look like Israeli face ha.

Over the years they have been negotiating with the terrorists and the terrorists keep getting stronger....

Na wa for Sheik Gumi...


Amnesty is supposed to be the last straw...

Now Negotiations after Amnesty...


Giving them money to buy more ammunition...

Iceberg3:
See! He's smiling...he's laffn!!!

He's happy...

God is watching us all...

Should I be crying on behalf of people who are being terrorized but are ignorant of it? Instead they point at other people in similar but much less predicament? Much less because those other people know that they are being terrorized and about to get help from a super power but my ignorant brothers in the south east are crying out for their tomentor in chief in detention to be set free. If that's not funny to you then please mourn on their behalf but count me out.

Israel gave a Christian and an African the opportunity to live with them and learn from them to improve his career and afford him a greater future, but Hamas killed him in the most mundane way.

However, African terrorists sympathizers want us to believe their killer brothers love Christians and Israel is the enemy🤣🥲 They want us to support their blood sucking Palestine terrorists and reject God's own people. Let it make sense.

Omo our Nigerian brother no dey fall for this kind danger... No matter what, I never hear say one Nigerian national be victim of any unfortunate incident abroad.. incidents such as this, attacks or natural disasters... They are always very smart, they go don move among first to enter safe zone before e even sup...

The only disasters they fall for is either drugs or scams..