Hamas terrorist who held Brit hostage Emily Damari captive in his home assassinated by Israel in targeted airstrike
THE Hamas terrorist who held Brit hostage Emily Damari captive has been assassinated in a targeted airstrike.
Muhammad Nasr Ali Quneita was killed in Gaza City, the Israeli military said.
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Muhammad Nasr Ali Quneita was killed in Gaza City
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Brave Emily posing with her mum after her release
Credit: PA
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British hostage, Emily Damari, was held captive in Gaza
The IDF said alongside footage: "Quneita was a terrorist in Hamas's Al-Furqan Battalions' military intelligence, who infiltrated Israel during the brutal Oct 7 massacre and held Emily Damari hostage in his home at the start of the war."
Emily Damari grew up in southeast London before moving to Israel in her 20s.
The Spurs fan was shot in the hand and suffered shrapnel wounds to the leg when she was snatched from the Kfar Aza kibbutz village on October 7.
Emily was among the first captives to be freed from a list of 33 due to be released over the coming weeks.
Dramatic footage showed her surrounded by masked gun-toting terrorists as she got out of the van alongside fellow Israeli captives Romi Gonen, 24, and Doron Steinbrecher, 31.
Soon after pictures taken of Emily with her loved ones showed her waving her hand in the "rock on" gesture that has become a symbol of solidarity for many Israelis.
Some have even had it tattooed in tribute to the brave young woman.
After her release Emily said: "I'm loving, loving, loving. Thanks be to G-d. Thanks to my family, to Oreli, to the best friends I have in this world. I have returned to life, my loved ones.
"I have managed to see just a tiny bit of everything, and you have shattered my heart from emotion. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I am the happiest person in the world, just to be."
A delighted mum Mandy said: "Thank you to everyone in the UK and around the world who supported the campaign to bring Emily home, and for all your messages here on X.
"You are amazing and we love you all."
Emily was forced to use a bucket as a toilet and starved as captives were given half a pita bread a day to eat.
Hamas hostages released in November 2023, revealed captives were not allowed to wash or change clothes with many of them contracting lice.
They reported the level of sanitation was atrocious with big groups of hostages being forced to share a toilet with no water causing disease to spread.
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