This Wednesday morning, Several friends of Colombian Ivonne Rubio, who has been living in Israel for several years, reported that the young woman was found dead. After the jihadist group Hamas began escalating violence in the Middle East last Saturday.
Rubio was again with her Colombian husband, Antonio Mesias Montano, on Saturday. An electronic music festival known as ‘Nova Tribe’The Negev desert near the Gaza Strip is where the attacks that killed more than two thousand people began today.
According to first official information, around 260 festival participants died at the scene. In addition, approximately 3,500 people who were present at the event were taken hostage by the militia group. Details of Rubio’s death are unknown at this time.
(Also: ‘I have no more tears left. I shed them all’: The story of a Colombian who died in Israel).
“Great strength to my uncles and their families, we accompany them in their pain. My cousin Antonio’s wife, Ivonne, was found dead. Nothing is known about my cousin, he is still missing… “Help me pray for them, we are waiting for a miracle,” Antonio’s relative Johanna Macias wrote on Facebook.
“They killed my daughter”said Ivonne’s father, Julio Rubio.
(In detail: ‘They killed my daughter’: Ivonne Rubio’s father confirms Colombian killed in Israel).
Amid the grief over the death of Ivonne Rubio, who has been missing since Saturday, The harsh story his father told this week resonated.
“We are devastated. My wife, my children, we are all devastated, there is no limit to the cruelty.”In a conversation with Julio Rubio he said: Univision.
“It cannot be possible for some young people who are chatting at a party, who are not armed and who have nothing to do with the conflict, to be attacked.”He added later.
(You can read: Hamas kills a grandmother and shares photos of the crime on the woman’s Facebook account)
Ivonne’s father, who decided to go to Israel with his family in 1991 as a result of the wave of violence in Colombia, said with tears, “Ivonne is my life.” Then he told his daughter’s last words.
“On Saturday, at seven fifteen in the morning (Israeli time), my daughter called me. I answered. She told me this: ‘Dad, we are at war.’ I don’t understand He said to me, ‘I will seek shelter.’ And all conversation is over.”He said the following in an interview with: Snail Radio.
“I never heard of it again. We tried to search, search, search. “We couldn’t communicate with him,” he complained about Israel.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs regrets to report this. Ivonne Rubio’s death confirmedIn the statement made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it was said: “A Colombian-Israeli citizen who disappeared with her boyfriend Antonio Macías in the midst of very serious events that took place in a desert in the south of Israel last Saturday.”
“Ambassador Margarita Manjarez communicated directly with the father, confirming the information previously conveyed to him by local authorities regarding the result of DNA tests that identified Ivonne as among the dead. The Ambassador expressed his deep regret and feelings of absolute solidarity with the entity, his father and his family “In these sad moments of indescribable pain for the rest,” he said.
Likewise, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reminded that “to serve Colombian citizens affected by attacks or who are vulnerableColombia’s consular section in Tel Aviv has an emergency line of +972 542349992 and an email address of ctelaviv@cancilleria.gov.co.
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