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![IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=700/2024/08/26/9e67ec60-63c6-11ef-89f4-5d5f07a0d2ff__h582_w907.png)
This morning, Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzl Halevi visited the location where the six bodies of the hostages were found and returned to Israel by IDF forces.
![Hostage posters](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/08/27/cd8d4bc0-64a7-11ef-a8a8-27fa25dcdbd2__h4000_w6000.jpg)
Hostage bodies returned, IDF reaction
Former Central Command and Ground Forces Chief, Major General (res.) Avi Mizrahi, criticized the government following the return of the 6 hostages' bodies, stating that the Philadelphi Route is not Israel's main issue.
![The Stories of the 6 Hostages Killed by Hamas](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/09/01/4f3e6b10-6839-11ef-89f4-5d5f07a0d2ff__h592_w1184.png)
Hostage bodies recovered, Captives stories
Carmel Gat was abducted from Kibbutz Beeri, Uri Danino rescued people from the Nova Festival, and Hirsch Goldberg-Pollin threw grenades at the Nukhba terrorists. Here are the stories of the six hostages who were murdered.
![Yoav Gallant.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/01/5955e2a0-37af-11ef-9b01-b9b61028cadd__h3679_w5518.jpg)
Gallant reaction to murdered hostages, Philadelphi corridor
In the wake of the recovery of the kidnapped victims' bodies, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant is calling on the Cabinet to reverse its decision regarding the Philadelphi Route and to prioritize the hostages. "It is too late for those hostages who were murdered in cold blood; we must bring back those who remain."
![Terror tunnel beneath Gaza hospital](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/02/26/199b8950-d4ca-11ee-aa6e-77968757f996__h331_w650.png)
Hostage rescue, Bodies found in Gaza
After the rescue of six bodies from Gaza, the assessment in Israel is growing that at least five of them died from asphyxiation in the tunnel, as a result of an IDF attack on a Hamas target near the tunnel.
![Bodies of 6 Israeli hostages recovered from Gaza on 19 August 2024](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/08/20/c3f6b120-5ec4-11ef-89f4-5d5f07a0d2ff__h331_w650.webp)
IDF hostage operation, Bodies returned to Israel
The IDF has acknowledged that they previously attacked the area from which the hostages were extracted, but the cause of death is still unclear. Additionally, more than six bodies have been extracted from the tunnel, and it is being investigated whether they are the bodies of terrorists.
![Wall of posters showing those still held in Gaza.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/06/06/9b580600-23d8-11ef-a53f-1909d648c45b__h3360_w5040.jpg)
IDF Rescue, Israeli Hostages, bodies found in Gaza
After extensive rescue operations in Gaza, the IDF has come to a somber conclusion: some of the hostages taken by Hamas on October 7 may never be found.
![Bodies in Gaza](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/01/02/467535b0-a992-11ee-8c05-7fe1aa7dfba1__h331_w650.jpg)
"Effort to Locate Abductees"
In response to Srugim's question regarding the reports of bodies being transferred to Gaza through the Kerem Shalom crossing, the IDF spokesman stated that "during the war, bodies are transferred to Israel for an identification procedure as part of the effort to locate the abducted and missing."
![Kibbutz Be'eri. Archive](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/09/5a2bec10-66d1-11ee-b177-59b3ed0fceec__h331_w650.jpg)
100 Bodies were Found
ZAKA teams have reported that 108 bodies of Jewish victims have been removed from the Kibbutz Be'eri near the Gaza Strip. According to estimates, the total number of Jewish victims since the beginning of the war stands at at least 900 people