Security forces brought back the remains of Ilan Weiss of Kibbutz Be'eri and another person whose name has not been cleared for publication.
Hostage rescue update: Initial info on the location of the bodies came from Shin Bet interrogations of terrorists captured during operations in Gaza. The IDF acted with precision to bring them back to Israel.
Israeli forces have retrieved the bodies of two hostages, that of Ilan Weiss and another, unnamed, individual, that Hamas terrorists had kept in the Gaza Strip, the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem said on Friday.
Weiss, 56, was murdered on Oct. 7, 2023, while defending Kibbutz Be’eri, and his corpse was taken to Gaza, according to the statement. His daughter and wife, Noga and Shiri, were also abducted. They were released in November 2023 as part of a hostage deal.
The name of the other Israeli whose body has been retrieved in the joint IDF and Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet) operation has not yet been cleared for publication.