The late Yossi was kidnapped from his home in Bari together with his daughter's partner, Ofir Engel. His brother Eli was also kidnapped from Bari. On January 15, 2024, Hamas published a brutal propaganda video in which the late Yossi and Iti Sabirsky are seen. The next day, Kibbutz Bari announced his death. Nira, Yossi's wife said: "We were in the MMD and three terrorists entered the apartment, they spoke in Arabic. The girls hid under the blanket and Yossi guarded the door of the hospital. After ten seconds, the door opened and they burst in with drawn weapons. My little daughter was in a top. A terrorist took a shirt off a clothesline and demanded that she get dressed. When we got to the road, the terrorists sat us down together, there were ten of us, Several families. They yelled for Yossi, my husband, and Ophir to get into the car that was there. They got in the car and drove off." Yossi left behind a wife - Nira and three sons - Yuval, Ofir and Oren. Ofir Engel was released in a hostage deal on 29.11.23. Yossi Lian's sister-in-law and his nieces, Yahal (13) and Noya (16) were murdered.