Israel: The Body Delivered Yesterday Belongs to a Former Soldier

Translation by SadaNews - Israel confirmed on Saturday that the medical examinations conducted on the body received yesterday from Hamas in the Gaza Strip belong to an Israeli prisoner.

According to the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the body belongs to former soldier Lior Rudaev, which has been confirmed by the Israeli army.

According to the Israeli military, he was the deputy commander of security and a member of the security reserve team in Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak and was killed on the morning of October 7, with his body being taken by Islamic Jihad; he was 61 years old at the time.

With the recovery of his body, approximately 6 bodies of Israelis remain in the Gaza Strip.