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Jake Marlowe 'tried to help people even in last moments' before he vanished in Israel

Jake, a British Arsenal fan and metal musician, went missing after Hamas attacked a music festival taking place near Gaza. His lifelong-friend Daniel Aboudy speaks to the JC

October 8, 2023 11:59
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A lifelong friend of Jake Marlowe, the 26-year-old Briton missing in Israel, has described how the Londoner sacrificed his own safety to help others coming under attack from Hamas terrorists at a dance festival near Gaza on Saturday.

Jake, an Arsenal fan and metal musician from north London, was working as part of the security team at an all-night dance music festival being held near Kibbutz Re'im, close to the Gaza Strip, to celebrate the end of the Succot, when the terrorists descended from the air and opened fire indiscriminately. He had been working alongside his friends Shlomi Ziv, and Aviv Eliyahu, who have also been reported missing.

His parents, Lisa and Michael, who live in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, have launched a desperate appeal for help as they attempt to locate their son’s whereabouts from the UK.

A carpenter and former pupil at the Jewish Free School in London, Jake, who also rgoes by the Hebrew name Kobi, moved to Israel in November 2021 and lives in the northern city of Ma'alot.