Israel Says Body Recovered from Gaza Belongs to Israeli-Argentine Hostage

Israel announced on Saturday that the body it received from Hamas through the International Committee of the Red Cross on Friday belongs to an Israeli-Argentine hostage who was killed on October 7, 2023.اضافة اعلان

In a statement, the Israeli military said that “after completing identification procedures at the National Institute of Forensic Medicine, in cooperation with the Israel Police and the Military Rabbinate,” the family of Lior Rodayev was informed that “his body has been returned to Israel for burial.”

According to the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel received from the International Committee of the Red Cross one of six bodies of hostages still held by Hamas or its allies in Gaza.

AFP