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Bodies of three hostages - an IDF soldier and two civilians - recovered from Gaza

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By Tamar Michaelis and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — The bodies of an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier and two civilians killed in the Hamas-led October 7 attacks have been recovered from Gaza in a military hostage recovery operation.

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  1. Local News 8

    Bodies of three hostages - an IDF soldier and two civilians - recovered from Gaza (opens Local News 8)

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    By Tamar Michaelis and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — The bodies of an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier and two civilians killed in the Hamas-led October 7 attacks have been recovered from Gaza in a military hostage recovery operation.

  2. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Israel recovers bodies of three hostages – an IDF soldier and two civilians – from Gaza (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    By Tamar Michaelis and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — The bodies of three hostages – an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier and two civilians, all killed in the Hamas-led October 7 attacks – have been recovered from Gaza.

  3. PBS NewsHour

    Israel recovers remains of three more hostages from Gaza (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    The Israeli military identified the remains as those of Yonatan Samerano, 21; Ofra Keidar, 70; and Shay Levinson, 19. Hamas is still holding 50 hostages, less than half of them believed to be alive.

  4. New York Post

    Israeli forces recover bodies of three hostages from Gaza (opens New York Post)

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    The hostages were identified as Ofra Keidar, Yonatan Samerano and soldier Shay Levinson.

  5. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Israel recovers bodies of three hostages – an IDF soldier and two civilians – from Gaza | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    By Tamar Michaelis and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — The bodies of three hostages – an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier and two civilians, all killed

  6. Al Jazeera

    Israel recovers bodies of three Gaza captives as it kills 29 Palestinians (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Israel recovers bodies as it continues killings across Gaza amid food and fuel shortage, worsening humanitarian crisis.

  7. UPI

    Israeli hostage remains recovered, Netanyahu confirms (opens UPI)

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    The bodies of three Israeli hostages have been recovered from the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

  8. NPR

    As Israel recovers the bodies of three more hostages, how many are still in Gaza? (opens NPR)

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    Israel said Sunday that it has recovered the bodies of three more hostages taken in Hamas' Oct. 7 attack that ignited the ongoing 20-month war in the Gaza Strip.

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