Foreign Affairs confirms the death of Maya Villalobo, the Sevillian who disappeared after the Hamas attack

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed the death of the Sevillian Maya Villalobo Sinvany who disappeared last Saturday after the Hamas attacks in Israel and has conveyed its condolences to the family.

At the time of the attack, the missing young woman, 19 years old and with dual Spanish and Israeli nationality, whose father is a professor in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Seville, was at the Nahal Oz base, near the Gaza border, doing military service.

For his part, Iván Illarramendi Saizar, a 46-year-old from Bibaí, remains missing.

National audience

The judge of the National Court María Tardón has agreed to accept jurisdiction to investigate the disappearance of three Spanish people after the attacks on Israel and in the Palestinian territories of Gaza and the West Bank.

The Central Court of Instruction number Three assumes jurisdiction because the facts fall within the criminal types of articles 571 et seq. of the Penal Code as it is an alleged crime of terrorism. Furthermore, it is up to the Spanish jurisdiction to investigate these events as there are victims with Spanish nationality, in accordance with article 23.4 e) 4 of the Organic Law of the Judiciary.

The judge indicates in her order in which she accepts jurisdiction that on October 9, a document prepared by the Madrid Information Service Headquarters was presented, giving an account of the terrorist actions that occurred on October 7 and 8. This report reported the disappearance of three Spanish citizens in a conflict zone, a couple and the young woman who was providing military service in the Israeli forces as she was a holder of Spanish and Israeli nationality.