Yahel Sharabi, 13, and her sister, Noiya, 16, had been missing since the Hamas terrorist attacks in which their UK-born mother Lianne was killed. Noiya and her father, Eli, are still missing.

A family statement described Yahel as “beautiful” and said that she was “a bundle of unbridled energy and joy, with a cheekiness that you could not help but smile at and a brain which was sharp as a tack”.

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