Admin I Thursday, June 05, 2025
GAZA, Palestine – The Israeli Defence Forces, IDF has recovered dead bodies of a couple kidnapped and held hostage in the Gaza Strip by the Islamic Resistant Movement, Hamas.
In a statement, the IDF identified the dead elderly couple as Judi Lynn Weinstein and Gad Haggai and that they were recovered in Khan Younis.
“Judi Lynn Weinstein and Gad Haggai, members of Kibbutz Nir Oz, were brutally murdered and abducted from the Kibbutz on October 7th, 2023 by terrorists of the Palestinian Mujahideen terrorist organization.
“The couple Judi and Gad, parents of four, were 70 (Judi) and 72 (Gad) at the time of their deaths”, the IDF said.
The rescue operation, the statement said was conducted by IDF troops in coordination with the Intelligence Directorate and special forces.
“The operation was made possible as a result of precise intelligence provided by the Hostage Task Force, the Intelligence Directorate, and the ISA.
“Following an identification procedure carried out by the National Institute of Forensic Medicine, the Israel Police, and the IDF Manpower Directorate’s Hostage Task Force, the family and the community of Nir Oz were notified”, the statement said..
The IDF and ISA send their deepest condolences to the families and will continue to make all efforts possible to bring home all the hostages as soon as possible.
