British National Fighting for Israel Was Killed in Surprise Hamas Attack

A British national who was fighting with the Israel Defense Forces was killed in the Hamas attack, it has emerged, as Rishi Sunak chairs a Cobra meeting.

A view of a junction shows the aftermath of a mass-infiltration by Hamas terrorists from the Gaza Strip, in the Sderot area, southern Israel, on Oct. 7, 2023. Ammar Awad/Reuters

A British citizen who was serving with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) was killed during the surprise attack by Hamas on Saturday as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak prepares to hold a Cobra meeting to discuss the conflict.

Nathanel Young, 20, from north London, was killed when hundreds of Hamas gunmen surged across the border from the Gaza Strip at dawn in an attack named Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, after the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, which is considered one of Islam’s holiest places.