Jerusalem (Reuters) – Israeli Forces have recovered the bodies of Three Hostages Which Had Been Held in the Gaza Strip Since the Palestinian Military Group Hamas’ 2023 Attack, The Military and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Said on Sunday.
The hostages were identified as civilians ofra Keidar and Yonatan Sameran, and Soldier Shay Levinson. All Were Kiled on the Day of the Attack, on Octber 7, 2023, The Military Said.
With their retrieval, 50 hostages now remain in gaza, only 20 of whom are Believe to be alive.
The Abduction of Samerano, 21 at the time of His death, by a man later identified by Israeli Officials as a Worker at the Un’s Palestinian Refugee Agency Unrwa, was caaght on CCTV.
Around 1,200 People Were Kiled and 251 Taken Hostage During the Hamas-Led Attack on Southern Israel, According to Israeli Authorories.
The Subsequent Israeli Campaign Against Hamas in Gaza has since Killed More Than 55,000 Palestinians, According to Health Authorories in the Hamas-Run Strip, Displaced Almost The Entire 2.3 Million Population, Plungd the Enclave into Humanitarian Crisis and Left Much of the Territory Ruins.
(Reporting by Menna Alaa El-Din and Ahmed Tolba in Cairo and Maayan Lubell in Jerusalem; Editing by Hugh Lawson and Bernadette Baum)
