JERUSALEM AND LONDON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu introduced Thursday morning that Israeli forces recovered the our bodies of two Israeli-American hostages held by Hamas and returned them to Israel.
Judy Weinstein-Hagi, 70, and Gadi Hagi, 72, had been a pair from kibbutz Nir Oz near the Gaza frontier. Each had been twin U.S.-Israeli residents, with Judy additionally holding Canadian citizenship.
Their our bodies had been recovered from the Khan Younis space of the southern Gaza Strip in a particular operation by the Israel Protection Forces and the Israel Safety Company, often known as the Shin Guess, in keeping with the assertion launched by Netanyahu.
Netanyahu mentioned the couple had been killed throughout Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, assault and their our bodies kidnapped. The IDF had beforehand decided they had been killed on the day of Hamas’ shock assault by the identical terror group, Kitab al-Mujahidin, that kidnapped and killed Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas and her two younger youngsters.
Demonstrators set fireplace to placards throughout an anti-government protest calling for motion to safe the discharge of Israeli hostages held within the Gaza Strip in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Might 31, 2025.
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“We won’t relaxation or be silent till we return all of our abductees residence — the dwelling and the useless alike,” Netanyahu mentioned.
Fifty-six hostages stay in Gaza, of whom 20 are believed to nonetheless be alive, in keeping with figures offered by the prime minister’s workplace. Two People — Itay Chen and Omer Neutra — are among the many 36 hostages believed to be useless.
ABC Information’ Morgan Winsor contributed to this report.
