Global retail giant Amazon on Saturday finally broke its silence about a Russian-Israeli employee who was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7, 2023.

In a message to Amazon employees upon the release of Sasha Troufanov on Saturday morning, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy for the first time acknowledged Troufanov’s role in the company.

Troufanov, 29, was released from Hamas captivity along with Sagui Dekel-Chen and Iair Horn as part of phase one of a mediated ceasefire-hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas. He was informed upon his release that his father was murdered during the Palestinian terror group’s brutal October 7 attack, and burst into tears at the news.

Troufanov had been working at Amazon Web Services as an electrical engineer at the time of his capture. The company has faced criticism for declining to acknowledge that an employee was taken hostage by Hamas.

In a letter published after Troufanov returned to Israel,........

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