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Tragic Return: Tanzanian Student Repatriated After Hamas Captivity

11/18/2025

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The body of Joshua Loitu Mollel was repatriated to Tanzania on November 18, 2025 after over two years in Hamas custody.
He was a 21-year-old agriculture student kidnapped after arriving in Israel on October 7, 2023.
Memorial ceremony at Ben-Gurion Airport included Tanzanian officials and attendees.
Hostages and Missing Families Forum expressed condolences to Mollel's family.
A scholarship will be established at his university in Tanzania in his honor.

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The body of Joshua Loitu Mollel was repatriated to Tanzania on November 18, 2025 after over two years in Hamas custody.
He was a 21-year-old agriculture student kidnapped after arriving in Israel on October 7, 2023.
Memorial ceremony at Ben-Gurion Airport included Tanzanian officials and attendees.
Hostages and Missing Families Forum expressed condolences to Mollel's family.
A scholarship will be established at his university in Tanzania in his honor.