IDF lookout soldier Noa Marciano was murdered while in Hamas captivity. Now, her father, Avi Marciano, is opening up about how he learned about her death. On Wednesday, Israeli activist Shai Deluca posted a video on Instagram that included a clip Marciano shared with her father on Telegram.
According to the video, the footage showed a medical professional administering a lethal injection into Marciano’s veins at the Shifa Hospital in Gaza. Avi Marciano said that in the video, his daughter was “begging for her life.” He added, “A medical professional decided to murder her.”
Hamas doctor murdered 19 year old hostage, Noa Marciano, in Shifa hospital by injecting air into her veins while she begged for her life.
Hamas told western media Israeli bombs killed her, and broadcast her body to terrorize Israel, but the IDF recovered her body in November… pic.twitter.com/9HnFNnf5U6
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The father of the IDF soldier recounted that he was sent footage where “in the end, they can see Noa, and she’s sweating, but there’s no life in her body.” Although prior to her death, there was IDF bombing and shooting in the Shifa Hospital area, Avi Marciano insisted that Noa’s injuries were not life-threatening. “They chose to murder her instead of taking care of her. It was a doctor who did it, in a hospital. She was injured by air force bombings and was taken to Shifa,” the father previously said.
In the video shared by the Israeli activist, the father is seen talking about how Noa wanted the bombing to stop, as she feared for the lives of Israelis in Hamas captivity. According to Marciano, when Israeli forces got close to where she was being held, she was taken to Gaza City by her captors.
The Jerusalem Post reported that Noa was ultimately located by the IDF, which retrieved her body. She was buried in Israel a week later. While her father points to her captors for her death, Hamas blamed it on an Israeli airstrike.
HORRIFYING: The family of former hostage Noa Marciano, z”l, revealed that they were sent a video of their daughter being executed by a doctor in a Gazan hospital.
Her father still wakes up from nightmares about the video.
The doctor injected air into her veins.
Noa was… pic.twitter.com/RwZ72wBpuB
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) December 10, 2025
However, according to the IDF, the wounds found on Marciano’s body were consistent with bullet injuries. Experts also suggested that she might have suffered some more injuries related to a fall. “After analyzing the footage, experts suggest that her injuries do not align with those typically sustained in airstrikes. The observed wounds appear more consistent with bullet injuries, and there is also an indication that she may have suffered from injuries related to a fall from a height,” the IDF said.
According to Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces, Corp. Noa Marciano, 19, was taken hostage in Gaza on October 7, 2023. She served as an observation soldier in the Border Defense Force’s 414 Unit. She was captured when Hamas invaded the Nahal Oz IDF Base, an attack which killed dozens of Israeli lookout soldiers like her.
