Adi Vitale-Kabloon, a 33-year-old Canadian mother of two young children from Ottawa, is the third Canadian confirmed dead since the Hamas attack on Israel.
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The Ottawa Jewish Federation will hold a press conference Wednesday afternoon.
According to Gilad Levy, a man who describes himself as her friend on Facebook, Adi Vital-Kaplan had a 4-year-old and a six-month-old son, Negev and Eshel. Both children are said to be undergoing medical treatment.
According to the Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), Avi Vital-Kabloon and her children and neighbors were kidnapped by Hamas terrorists. The latter would have finally dragged Adi towards the Gaza Strip and allowed the children and neighbors to return to Israel.
The small family was at home in Kibbutz Holit, not far from the border of the Gaza Strip.
Avi Vitale-Caplon’s killing is the third confirmed after Canadians Alexandre Luk and Ben Mizrachi at an electronic music festival where more than 260 people were killed.
More details to come.
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