The captives whose remains have been rescued are Yagev Buchshtab, Alexander Dancyg, Avraham Munder, Yoram Metzger, Nadav Popplewell and Chaim Perrias reported by the Israeli Armywhich carried out the operation together with the Shin Bet intelligence agency.

“The State of Israel will continue to do all efforts “We will do everything possible to return all our hostages, both alive and dead,” the Israeli prime minister said in a statement. Benjamin Netanyahu.

The prime minister thanked the soldiers of the Army and Shin Bet agents for their “courage and decisive action” and sent his “deepest condolences” to their families.

The respective kibbutzim of Nirimwhere they were from Popplewell and Book taband Nir Ozhome of the rest of the kidnapped, had previously reported the rescue of five of them, but Alexander Dancyg remained to be confirmed.

“The operation was possible thanks to the precise information of the Shin Betand intelligence units of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Hostage Headquarters of the IDF Intelligence Directorate,” the security forces said in a joint statement.

The remains were identified by the National Institute of Forensic Medicine and the Israel Police.

The Army explained that after finding the bodies of the hostages during the night in the tunnels of Khan Yunistheir remains were identified by the National Institute of Forensic Medicine and the Israel Police, who immediately informed the families.

With the rescue of these bodies, of the 251 kidnapped On October 7, they remain within the Strip 105 hostagesof which 34 are confirmed dead; while the bodies of 30 kidnapped people have been recovered and brought back to Israel.

In addition, 116 captives have left the Strip alive, most of them in the only week-long truce agreement last November, 105 hostages were exchanged for 240 Palestinian prisoners, in addition to seven rescued in military operations by the army.

The international community is working hard to reach another ceasefire agreement that would allow the release of the remaining hostages, and to that end, US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, who on Monday night announced that Netanyahu accepted the new agreement proposal and urged Hamas to do the same. Although the group has expressed its reservations about this new draft, which they say serves Israel’s demands.

“We must not stop acting in any way, not even for a moment, return all the kidnapped people to their homeland“The living with their families and the dead in their graves in Israel. It is a supreme moral obligation of the State of Israel,” said President Isaac Herzog.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant praised the “determination and courage” by Israeli troops, who achieved this rescue thanks to the “operational freedom of action” obtained through military pressure and committed to achieving the war’s objectives: the dissolution of Hamas and the return of all hostages.