Hamas returned to Israel overnight Friday the remains of Israel Defense Forces Warrant Officer (res.) Lior Rudaeff, who died defending Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak on Oct. 7, 2023.

IDF representatives informed Rudaeff’s family that his body had been returned to Israel, after it was identified on Saturday morning by the National Center of Forensic Medicine, in cooperation with the Israel Police and the IDF Rabbinate, the Prime Minister’s Office said.

Rudaeff, 61 at the time of his death, fought bravely against the dozens of terrorists who invaded the kibbutz.