IDF spokesman: The IDF and the Shin Bet located and returned the bodies of the hostages Carmel Gat, the late Aden Yerushalmi, Hirsch Goldberg-Pollin, the late Alexander Lubnov, the late Almog Sarousi, and Sergeant Major Uri Danino.
The IDF and Shin Bet located and recovered last night (Saturday) from an underground tunnel in the Rafah area, the bodies of the hostages:
Carmel Gat
Aden Yerushalmi
Hirsch Goldberg-Polin
Alexander Lubnov
Almog Serousi
Sergeant Uri Danino
to the territory of Israel.
They were kidnapped on the seventh of October, and murdered by Hamas terrorists in Gaza.
After an identification procedure carried out by the National Institute of Forensic Medicine, the Israel Police and the Military Rabbinate; The hHostage team in the personnel department, which is entrusted with escorting the families of the hostages, delivered the messages to the families.
The IDF and Shin Bet share in the grief of the families at this difficult time.
The IDF and the security forces are making every effort to return all hostages and hostages as quickly as possible.