He Israeli army this morning rescued the bodies of three other hostages from Hamasthe Israeli Hanan Yablonkathe Brazilian-Israeli Michel Nisenbaum and the Mexican-French Orion Hernandezin Yabaliain the north of the Gaza Strip.
“According to verified intelligence information in our possession, the hostages were killed during the October 7 massacre and kidnapped at the Mefalsim intersection towards Gaza by Hamas terrorists”indicated the Army it’s a statement.
The rescue of the bodies was carried out in a joint operation between the Army and the security agency Shin Betbased on “precise intelligence obtained and analyzed in recent days” by the department created specifically to find the hostages.
“At the beginning of the operation, intense fighting took place in the area”pointed out the Armywhich last week rescued four other hostage bodies also in Yabalia.
The bodies have already been identified at the National Forensic Institute of Israel and the Israeli Police, and their respective families have been notified.
“The sad return of Michel, Hanan and Orion is another heartbreak for the families of the hostages, who share the pain, sadness and endless worry. His return for burial provides important closure for family members. We must strive to bring back Israel to all the murdered hostages,” indicated the Forum of Families of Hostages and Missing Persons.
He Forum He again complained to the government of Benjamin Netanyahu to “re-send the negotiating teams with the clear demand to reach an agreement that will allow all hostages to be quickly returned to their homes: the living for rehabilitation and the murdered for burial.”
Netanyahu He sent a message of condolences to the families “with deep pain” and praised the work of the Army IDF Brigadewho “with great bravery in enemy territory,” were able to rescue them and return them to their families for burial.
“We have a national and moral duty to do everything possible to return our kidnapped people – lives and spaces – and that is what we are doing”assured the prime minister, who this week authorized the resumption of negotiations for an agreement to exchange hostages for prisoners, which have been stalled for months.
Michel Nisenbaum59 years old, lived in the city of Sderot and was a Brazilian-Israeli who emigrated to Israel At 13 years old, father of two daughters and grandfather of six, the youngest of whom he did not have the opportunity to meet.
Hanan Yablonkafather of two children and 42 years old, lived in Tel Aviv and was kidnapped at the music festival Not goinglike the Mexican-French Oryon Hernandez30 years old, who attended with his partner Shani Louk -the German whose video in which she was seen, apparently dead, in a van Hamas coming into Loop on October 7 went viral and whose body was found in Yabalia last week- and his friend Keshet Casarottiboth murdered by Hamas that day.
Of the 253 kidnapped on October 7, 121 captives remain in the enclave, about 40 of them dead according to Israel -more than 70 according to Hamas-; while there have been four other hostages for years, two of them dead.
Since the war began, Israel and Hamas They only achieved a one-week truce agreement at the end of November, which allowed the release of 105 hostages in exchange for 240 Palestinian prisoners.
“Return for burial provides important closure” ensures the Forum of Families of Hostages and Missing Personshighlighting the emotional importance of rescuing the bodies.
In addition, four hostages were freed by Hamas in October; three rescued by Army -two of them in February in a successful operation in Rafah-; while the bodies of 20 hostages have been recovered, three of whom Israeli troops mistakenly killed in December.
(With information from EFE)
