An Irish-Israeli woman who had been missing since Hamas militants launched a series of attacks in Israel at the weekend has been confirmed dead.
22-year-old Kim Damti had been reported missing while attending a music festival.
Hamas gunmen carried out a mass-shooting there, killing over 250 people.
The Taoiseach said her death, and the deaths of more than a thousand other citizens of Israel and from around the world, was senseless and barbaric.
In an interview with ABC News on Monday, Kim's mother Jennifer, who lives in Portlaoise, said her daughter had phoned them shortly after the attack.
But in a statement last night Tánaiste Micheál Martin said that he had learned she had died.
A Statement: pic.twitter.com/5Vjsro2OBx
— Micheál Martin (@MichealMartinTD) October 11, 2023
The Department of Foreign Affairs say they are providing consular assistance to her family.
President Micheal D. Higgins has also paid tribute to Kim, offering his condolences to her family.
