Jake Marlowe, the 26-year-old who went missing during the Hamas attack on the Nova music festival on Saturday, is dead, his heartbroken mother has revealed.
Jake’s parents, Lisa and Michael. confirmed the news in a Facebook on Wednesday.
They wrote: ‘We are heartbroken to have to inform you the crushing news that our son Jake has been confirmed dead in Southern Israel.
‘Repatriation plans are being put in to place, more information will follow.’
Jake had not been heard from since Saturday morning. He was working as part of a security team at the Nova trance music festival near Re’im, a village close to the border with Gaza in the south of Israel.
Jake Marlowe’s (pictured) parents have revealed he is dead, and will be repatriated back to the UK
The last anyone heard from his was when he texted his mother to tell her that there were rockets flying overhead at the festival.
An hour before this text, she received a call from the young man, a Londoner who had moved to Israel two years ago.
His best friend, Léa S., previously told MailOnline he had left the UK because of his worries about the rise of anti-Semitism.
Léa, a law student who met Jake three-and-a-half years ago, said: ‘Just before he went to live in Israel, he was really worried about the UK situation with the rise of anti-Semitism.
‘He was thinking he should go to Israel because everything that was happening to him in the UK was a lot for him.’
She also revealed Jake’s partner, Shira, was unaware that he had gone missing until Saturday evening.
Shira was reportedly keeping Shabbat, a Jewish tradition of not working on rest days, in the north of Israel, far away from where Jake was working, and did not know about his disappearance until 6pm on Saturday evening.
The news of Jake’s passing comes hours after it was revealed that up to 17 British nationals, including children, were either missing or dead amid Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel over the weekend.
More to follow.
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