Israel recovers remains of three more bodies held by Hamas: 'No victory until last hostage returns'

Israel recovered the bodies of 3 much hostages held by Hamas pursuing the terror group's attack connected Israel successful October 2023.

The remains of the 3 hostages were recovered by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during a peculiar cognition connected Saturday and person been identified arsenic Ofra Keidar, Yonatan Samerano and Shay Levinson, according to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum Headquarters.

"Our hearts are with the Keidar, Samerano, and Levinson families today," the enactment said. "Alongside the grief and pain, their instrumentality provides immoderate comfortableness to the families who person waited successful agony, uncertainty and uncertainty for 625 days." 

The radical added that the instrumentality of each hostages is indispensable for nationalist healing and recovery.

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The Israeli Defense Forces besides confirmed that the 3 hostages' remains had been recovered from Gaza. The bodies of Keidar, Samerano, and Levinson were recovered during a peculiar cognition carried retired by the IDF and the Israel Security Agency (ISA) connected Saturday. 

The IDF credited "precise quality received from the ISA, the Hostage Task Force, and the IDF Intelligence Directorate" and said it extends "condolences to the families and volition proceed to marque each efforts imaginable to bring location each the hostages." 

The IDF recovered the bodies of 3 hostages — near to right, Shay Levinson, Yonatan Samerano and Ofra Keidar — from Gaza successful a peculiar cognition connected Saturday, June 21, 2025. (Getty Images; Hostages and Missing Families Forum Headquarters)

Keidar, a nonmigratory of Kibbutz Be’eri, was kidnapped connected Oct. 7, 2023, by Hamas terrorists "while taking her accustomed greeting locomotion done the fields she loved," according to the Hostage Families Forum. 

She worked connected a dairy workplace for 30 years, caring for newborn calves and "was a dedicated idiosyncratic with exceptional carnal strength," the enactment said. 

"Later, she moved to the section petting zoo, wherever she worked for 15 years, and adjacent aft reaching status age, she ne'er slowed down."

The assemblage of Ofra Keidar was recovered by Israeli forces. She was 71 astatine the clip of her death.  (Hostages and Missing Families Forum Headquarters)

"Anyone who visited her location could spot her top loves, aside from her family – her dogs, particularly poodles, and tending to her plot and houseplants," the forum added. 

The IDF noted that Keidar, who was 71 astatine the clip of her death, "was a parent of 3 and the woman of Shmuel Keidar, who was besides murdered by Hamas terrorists successful their location successful Be’eri."

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Samerano, who was 21 astatine the clip of his death, "was brutally murdered and abducted from Kibbutz Be’eri connected October 7, 2023, by Hamas terrorists, including a UNRWA employee, aft fleeing the Nova euphony festival," according to the IDF. 

The assemblage of Yonatan Samerano was recovered by Israeli forces. He was 21 erstwhile helium died.  (Hostages and Missing Families Forum Headquarters)

Yonatan, oregon "Yonati" arsenic his friends and household called him, "was ever surrounded by friends – a talented DJ who conscionable wanted to marque music, bring joy, and travel," the Hostage Families Forum said. 

"Even astatine his young age, helium was an entrepreneur astatine bosom and a savvy businessman who dreamed of processing his vocation successful lawsuit production." 

Levinson, a unit sergeant and vessel commandant successful the "Oz" (77) Battalion, "engaged and fought terrorists connected the greeting of October 7 and fell successful combat," according to the IDF. 

The assemblage of Shay Levinson was recovered by Israeli forces. He was 19 astatine the clip of his death. (Hostages and Missing Families Forum Headquarters)

"He was past abducted by Hamas terrorists." 

Levinson, who was 19 years aged astatine the clip of his death, is remembered arsenic "a quiescent and exceptional young antheral – ambitious and driven, who pushed himself to excel successful sports and each tract that funny him," the Hostage Families Forum said. 

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"Shay, a nonmigratory of Givat Avni successful the Lower Galilee, was an outstanding subordinate connected the M.S. Eilabun volleyball squad – a squad that serves arsenic a exemplary for Jewish-Arab cooperation," according to the organization. 

"Shay chose to forgo the accidental to person progressive jock presumption and alternatively chose meaningful combat work successful the IDF."