Israel brings back corpses of two dead hostages from Gaza in military action

Von WOM

In einer Militäroperation haben die israelischen Streitkräfte die Leichen zweier toter Geiseln aus dem südlichen Gaza geborgen. Premierminister Netanyahu drückt den betroffenen Familien sein Beileid aus.
In a military operation, the Israeli armed forces recovered the corpses of two dead hostages from southern Gaza. Prime Minister Netanyahu expresses his condolences to the affected families. (Symbolbild/DNAT)

In a military operation, the Israeli forces (IDF) and the domestic secret service Shin Bet have recovered the corpses of two deceased hostages from southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday evening.

Details on the identity of the hostages

Yair Yaakov, who was killed on October 7, 2023 during the terrorist attack triggered by militant members of the Islamic Jihad, is one of the identified. The 59-year-old was killed in the Kibbutz Nir OZ and his body was brought to Gaza. His partner, Meirav valley, and two of his children were hosted, but were able to be released in an earlier agreement.

additional information

According to the IDF and Shin Bet, the body of another hostage was also recovered, but the name of which has not yet been published at the request of the family.

statements by government representatives

"Together with all the citizens of Israel, my wife and I express our deepest sympathy for the families who have lost their loved ones," said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a statement.

"In addition to the pain and grief, we feel a certain consolation because we know that the two are buried with dignity - and that the unbearable suffering of their relatives, who has been 614 days, may now be relieved, if only slightly," added the forum of hostages and missing persons.

request for further measures

"We repeat our demand to the decision -makers to achieve a complete and comprehensive agreement that brings all 53 remaining hostages home - even if this requires the end of the fights."

Additional information about other fallen

The recovery of these two corpses takes place less than a week after the Israeli army recovered the corpses of Judy Weinstein-Haggai (70) and Gadi Haggai (72), which were also killed when attacking Nir OZ. In the last week the body of the Thai hostage-taking Nattapong Pinta was also recovered.

This is a developing history and is continuously updated.