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Israeli Military Recovers Bodies Of 6 Hostages

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Worthy News

JERUSALEM (Worthy News) – Israel’s military confirmed Tuesday that it recovered the bodies of six hostages taken in the Hamas’ October 7 attack that started the Gaza war, but many others kidnapped remained unaccounted for.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said their troops recovered the bodies in an overnight operation in southern Gaza.

They named the hostages as Yagev Buchshtab, Alexander Dancyg, Avraham Munder, Yoram Metzger, Nadav Popplewell, and Haim Perry, without saying when or how they died, as ceasefire talks were underway.

Hamas is still believed to be holding around 110 hostages captured in the October 7 attack on Israel. However, Israeli authorities estimate around a third of them are dead.

Some 1,200 people were also killed on what was described as the “Black Sabbath,” the worst atrocity against Jews since the Holocaust, also known as Shoah.

The IDF said the recovery operation was conducted overnight by the 98th Division and carried out by the Paratroopers Brigade, ‘Yahalom’ Unit, the 75th Battalion, and ISA forces.

Officials explained that the operation was conducted under military intelligence, the Israeli Security Agency (ISA), and the IDF Intelligence Directorate Hostage Headquarters.

Local communities, including Kibbutz Nirim, said earlier that the bodies of Popplewell and Buchshtab were retrieved from Gaza.

Similarly, Kibbutz Nir Oz announced earlier that “the bodies of Peri, Metzger, and Dancyg were also retrieved.

Munder’s nephew told KAN Reshet Bet earlier that his uncle’s body had been recovered from Gaza, according to sources familiar with the case.

The National Institute of Forensic Medicine, Israel Police, and the IDF Manpower Directorate’s Hostage Team conducted the identification of the bodies and notified their loved ones.