TEL AVIV, November 14. /TASS/. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have confirmed the death of 19-year-old soldier Noa Marciano, who was held hostage by the radical Palestinian movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

"Name of the deceased IDF soldier: Corporal Noa Marciano, 19, <...> she was kidnapped by supporters of the terrorist organization. She was posthumously promoted to the rank of corporal," the military confirmed, adding that the girl's family had already been notified of the incident. There is no information on what caused Marciano's death or when exactly she died.

Earlier, the army described the video of the kidnapped soldier by the radical Palestinian movement Hamas as an act of "psychological terror." In the video released by the radicals on Monday, the girl gave her name, age and the names of her parents. According to the hostage herself, the recording was made four days after her abduction, on October 11. On November 9, Hamas said that the hostage was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip.

According to Israeli authorities, Hamas is holding a total of 240 to 250 hostages. Most are Israeli citizens, including people with dual citizenship of the United States, Germany and other countries. About 35 are foreigners who are not Israeli citizens, most of them Thai citizens who worked in Israel.