The Israeli navy stated Wednesday that the physique of a soldier kidnapped by Gaza militants on Oct. 7 has been rescued and dropped at Israel.
The navy stated the rescue operation happened in a single day and that his identify wouldn’t be revealed on the request of his household.
“The soldier was killed throughout the bloodbath on October 7 and was taken hostage within the Gaza Strip,” he stated.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the troopers who took half within the operation and stated he would proceed to make each effort to convey again to Israel “all of the remaining hostages and our bodies.”
There are nonetheless 108 hostages held by militant teams in Gaza. A couple of third of them are believed to have been killed and the whereabouts of the others are unknown. The navy has not confirmed what number of are useless or alive.
Hamas and Israeli leaders are persevering with talks by means of mediators in an try to achieve a deal on the hostages and finish a 10-month warfare.