Irish-Israeli woman Kim Damti - who had been unaccounted for following a Hamas attack at a music festival in Israel last weekend - has died, her family have confirmed.
In a statement to RTÉ News, her aunt Pat Cooper said: "With heartfelt sorrow the Cooper family announce the death of their beloved niece, Kim Damti."
Ms Cooper added: "We thank all those who have supported us with love and encouragement over the past five days.
"We respectfully request the media to allow us to grieve in the privacy of our family."
In a post on social media, her sister Laura paid tribute to her, saying that Ms Damti's funeral would be held tomorrow.
"With great sorrow and gloomy grief, I announce the killing of our angel, our flower, Kim my blood, who was murdered by the cursed terrorists," she said.
"The funeral will take place tomorrow at 5pm at the cemetery in Gedera."
Ms Damti, 22, was at a music event in Re'im in the south of Israel when she was last seen, and the Department of Foreign Affairs had been in touch with her family.
Hamas militants killed around 250 people who attended the festival in an Israeli community near Gaza on Saturday.
The festival was attended by several hundred people, witnesses said, when Hamas gunmen opened fire.
President Michael D Higgins has paid tribute to Ms Damti, saying that her death was "truly appalling".
In a statement he said: "It is with the greatest sadness that I have heard of the death of the young Irish-Israeli citizen Kim Damti.
"The circumstances in which her life was taken, having travelled as she did to attend a music festival, are truly appalling.
"It is not only those of us who are parents, but all of those who feel that young people should be free to attend events with their peers in conditions of safety, who will find such circumstances where a young life is taken so appalling."
President Higgins said that Ms Danti's death "once again reminds us what an outrageous breach of fundamental international law in conditions of conflict it is to target civilians in this way.
"May I send my deepest condolences to Kim's family, friends and all those with whom she shared her life."
In a statement, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that the country was "united in mourning" for Ms Damti.
"This vibrant young Irish-Israeli woman was struck down in her prime, with her adult life ahead of her," he said.
He added: "Her death, and the deaths of more than a thousand other citizens of Israel and from around the world, was senseless and barbaric.
"Kim gave happiness and joy to her family and those around her. As we learn of her death, we pause to think of her, her family in Israel and Ireland and of all those now grieving in countless other nations."
Tánaiste Micheál Martin also paid tribute to her, saying she had a whole life ahead of her full of promise.
"When news reached us over the weekend that an Irish citizen was one of the many hundreds missing after the repugnant terrorist attack by Hamas in Israel, we hoped against hope that she would be found safely," he said.
He added: "The news that this hope has now been extinguished is devastating.
"Anyone looking at the photo of Kim in the media over the last few days will have been struck by the radiance and energy in her expression; a young 22-year-old woman with a whole life ahead of her, full of promise.
"For anyone to lose a child is devastating. To lose a child in such circumstances is indescribable."
Mr Martin said he had spoken to Ms Damti's family earlier this evening to express his heartfelt condolences.
"Our thoughts remain with all the families of those who have died, who are injured or who are missing in the wake of these terrible events.
"May her memory be a blessing."
