The Israeli military has recovered the bodies of a Canadian Israeli and an Israeli American who had been held hostage by Hamas for 608 days following the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that launched the war in Gaza.
The bodies of Canadian citizen Judih Weinstein and her husband Gad Haggai were recovered in the Gaza Strip and have been returned to Israel, following a special operation carried out by the Israel Security Agency and the Israel Defense Forces, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on June 5.
The couple both held Israeli and U.S. citizenship.
“Together with all citizens of Israel, my wife and I convey our heartfelt condolences to the dear families,” Netanyahu said in a social media post. “Our hearts grieve over this terrible loss. May their memories be blessed.”…