Hamas Hostage’s Father Hoping for a ‘Miracle’ His Son Is Still Alive
The father of Israeli-American hostage Itay Chen, who is among those who are believed to have been killed by Hamas on the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, is hoping for a “miracle” that his son is still alive.
Elizabeth Weibel 12 Oct 2025
The father of Israeli-American hostage Itay Chen, who is among those who are believed to have been killed by Hamas on the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, is hoping for a “miracle” that his son is still alive.
During an interview with CNN’s Becky Anderson, Ruby Chen said that, while the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had said Itay, 19, who served as a soldier with the IDF, had been killed and had his body taken to Gaza, there was not “physical evidence.”
“The knowledge of the IDF that indeed he was killed, we do not have that physical evidence,” Chen stated. “That’s missing. That leaves some sort of doubt that hopefully, even tomorrow, there might be some sort of surprise for us. A miracle.”
Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large Joel Pollak reported in March 2024 that David Mencer, a spokesman for the Israeli government, had said that “Israel had determined” that Itay had “in fact been killed”:
He noted that Israel had determined that American-Israeli soldier Sgt. Itay Chen, 19, who served in an armored brigade that engaged Hamas terrorists during the October 7 attack, had in fact been killed, with his body taken to Gaza.
The Times of Israel noted that his family has refused to observe traditional Jewish mourning rituals until his body is returned.
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