Yair Yaakov was kidnapped by Islamic Jihad in the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. The other hostage will be named later, the Israeli military said.

The Israel Defense Forces recovered the body of Yair Yaakov, a resident of Kibbutz Nir Oz who was kidnapped on October 7, from Gaza on Wednesday evening.

One of the two hostages was Yair Yaakov, who was killed in the Hamas-led attack on 7 October 2023, Benjamin Netanyahu says.