Of israeli hostages. They want their hostages back. They want them alive. As many as still remain alive. And the mood was encapsulated by a Facebook Post from elad katzir s sister, she posted. Basically, she was the one who announced as much as the israeli army announced that her brothers body had been recovered and returned to israel. And she wrote on facebook, youre going to hear from the army about their Daring Rescue operation in which they got my brothers body and returned it to israel. And she said, dont let anyone fool you. This is not a rescue operation. This is an incident of my brother having been abandoned to die. The first abandonment took place when the military did not move into the kibbutz from which he was kidnapped, in time, and he was kidnapped. And there were two videos released of her brother alive and in captivity. So they know that he did not die on october 7th, that he was killed by his captors, by islamichhad, who was handing him. And she said, make no mistake,
Led by hamas militants on october 7th. During that assault, his father was murdered, while his mother was abducted then later released. The israeli army said the body of elad katzir was retrieved from the khan younis area of southern gaza. It said its mission to search for hostages, and return them to israel, would continue. Allison Kaplan Sommer is a journalist at israeli newspaper, haaretz. She said the news has been greeted with dismay by the families of israeli hostages. They want their hostages back. They want them alive. As many as still remain alive. And the mood was encapsulated by a Facebook Post from elad katzir s sister, she posted. Basically, she was the one who announced as much as the israeli army announced that her brothers body had been recovered and returned to israel. And she wrote on facebook, youre going to hear from the army about their Daring Rescue operation in which they got my brothers body and returned it to israel. And she said, dont let anyone fool you. This