The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) recovered the bodies of six Israeli hostages who were killed in captivity in Gaza overnight, early Tuesday. The bodies were discovered in a tunnel located in the Khan Yunis area during a joint operation that involved various army units and the Shin Bet, acting on precise intelligence.
Defense officials believe that some of the hostages were killed in the tunnel where their bodies were found, with their captors possibly fleeing after Israeli airstrikes, leaving the bodies behind.
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Among those recovered was Chaim Peri, whose body was returned to Kibbutz Nir Oz, where he had been abducted from his home during the attacks on October 7. The kibbutz issued a statement saying, “Chaim Peri, who was taken from his home in Kibbutz Nir Oz during the October 7 events and left to die in Hamas captivity, was returned to the kibbutz today after more than ten months in captivity in Gaza.”
Peri, 80 years old, was a father of five and grandfather of 13. He was remembered as “an entrepreneur, humanist, peace activist, and founder of the White House Gallery.” On the day of the massacre at the kibbutz, he managed to save his wife, Osnat, before being abducted.
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“He endured inhumane conditions in Hamas tunnels for months until he was brutally murdered in captivity. The return of Chaim’s body is a painful reminder that our struggle to free all our loved ones and return to normalcy is far from over. Time is not on the side of the hostages, and we will continue to do everything in our power until all our loved ones are back home. The living for recovery, and the murdered for burial,” the statement concluded.
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