Netanyahu announced the removal of the bodies of two dead hostages from Gaza

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) transported the bodies of two deceased hostages from the Gaza Strip to Israel. This was announced on Wednesday, June 11, by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

One of the dead hostages is Yair Yaakov, the identity of the other has not been disclosed. As indicated, they were abducted from a kibbutz in the south of Nir Oz by the Palestinian militant Islamist organization Islamic Jihad (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) in 2023.

"The Israeli military has removed the body of the second murdered hostage from the Gaza Strip," The Times of Israel newspaper quoted Netanyahu as saying.

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On May 21, Netanyahu announced that Israel was ready for a temporary cease-fire in the Gaza Strip for the sake of a hostage release deal. He clarified that the Israeli side would be ready to end the war in the enclave in the event of the release of all hostages held, the complete demilitarization of the enclave, as well as the departure of the Hamas movement outside the strip.

On June 5, the Israeli Prime Minister announced the return of the bodies of two dead hostages.