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Hostage Noa Marciano was murdered by Gazan doctor, claims father after receiving harrowing video
Noa, 19, was one of seven female soldiers kidnapped from the Nahal Oz military base on October 7
December 10, 2025 11:29
Noa, 19, was one of seven female soldiers kidnapped from the Nahal Oz military base on October 7
December 10, 2025 11:29The father of Noa Marciano has spoken publicly for the first time, sharing harrowing details of his daughter’s final moments in Gaza.
Speaking to a small crowd, her father Avi claimed that Noa was murdered by a doctor in Shifa hospital, who injected air into her veins – and that the family found out about her death after they were sent a video of her murder via the social media network Telegram.
"Noa is begging for her life,” he said of the video, adding that, by the end of the clip, “she’s sweating but there’s no life to her body”.
Noa, 19, was one of seven female soldiers to be kidnapped from the Nahal Oz military base on October 7 – the other being Liri Albag, Karina Ariev, Agam Berger, Daniella Gilboa, Naama Levy and Ori Megidish – and the only one not to have returned alive.
Her body was recovered from a building adjacent to Shifa Hospital in Gaza City by the IDF in November 2023, and returned to Israel for burial.
On November 20 2023, Hamas released a video of Marciano, blaming her death on an Israeli Air Force bombing raid. However, the IDF said at the time, “After analysing the footage, experts suggest that her injuries do not align with those typically sustained in airstrikes.
“The observed wounds appear more consistent with bullet injuries, and there is also an indication that she may have suffered from injuries related to a fall from a height.”
IDF Spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said at the time: "According to the medical findings, Noa was kidnapped to a hiding place near Shifa, and during IDF attacks on the area, the Hamas terrorist who was holding her was killed. Noa was injured, but not a life-threatening injury.
In May 2024 her parents revealed that their daughter had been killed by a medical professional, telling Israeli media: "They chose to murder her instead of taking care of her. It was a doctor who did it, in a hospital. She was injured by air force bombings and was taken to Shifa."
Speaking yesterday, Avi said that what he went through was the biggest nightmare you could ever imagine, adding that there are still mornings when he wakes up with the video of his daughter’s murder replaying in his mind.
Closing the talk, he said: “Noa was my eldest daughter and there’s not a day when he doesn’t miss her.”
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