The IDF and Shin Bet security agency said in a joint statement that they recovered the bodies of three Israeli hostages who were killed on October 7, 2023, from the Gaza Strip on Saturday. The slain hostages are Ofra Keidar, Shay Levinson and Jonatan Samerano.
Keidar, 71, was abducted from Kibbutz Be'ri. Her husband, Shmuel, was also killed on October 7.
Staff Sergeant Shay Levinson, 19, was a tank commander who was killed by Hamas militants, and his body was taken to Gaza.
Samerano attended the Nova music festival at Re'im, near the Gaza border, when Hamas started its offensive against Israel and broke through the border fence.
Samerano's father, Kobi, said that his body was recovered on his 23rd birthday.
