ISRAEL has recovered the bodies of two hostages from Gaza as its military pushes into Gaza City, now declared a “dangerous combat zone.”
One of them was identified as Ilan Weiss, 56, who was killed defending his community of Kibbutz Be’eri during the October 7 attacks.
The body of Israeli hostage Ilan Weiss was recovered in an Israeli military operation in the Gaza StripAP
AFPThe military announced it will continue its Gaza City offensive[/caption]
His wife and daughter were abducted but freed from Hamas’ terror claws in a November ceasefire.
The remains of another hostage, not yet identified, were also returned, according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office.
Netanyahu said on Friday: “The campaign to return the hostages continues continuously.
“We will not rest or be silent until we return all of our hostages home — both the living and the dead.”
Defense Minister Israel Katz offered “deep condolences” to Weiss’s family, praising him for having “bravely managed the defensive battle in Be’eri and prevented an even greater disaster.”
He vowed: “We will not rest and we will not stop until everyone returns home.”
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum said that alongside the “grief and pain,” the recovery of Weiss’s body “provides some comfort to the family after 692 days of waiting in the nightmare of uncertainty.”
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