The body of Yousef Zyadna, 53, was found in an underground tunnel in the Rafah area, the military says.

The hostage, Youssef Ziyadne, an Arab Bedouin, was seized along with three grown children on Oct. 7, 2023. Two of them were released, but there is “serious concern” about the fate of the third.

Officials examining whether a second body was that of another hostage

GAZA: The Israeli military said on Wednesday (Jan 8) that its troops had recovered the body of a hostage in Gaza and brought it back to Israel following a "complex and difficult o

The body was retrieved from an underground tunnel in the Rafah area of the Gaza Strip, the army says.

Israel’s military said the body of Yosef Al Zaydani was recovered in an underground tunnel in Gaza and that it was examining whether a second body was that of another hostage.

The army said ‘troops located and recovered the body of hostage Youssef al-Zayadna from an underground tunnel in the Rafah area of the Gaza Strip’.

Israeli soldiers recovered the body of a 53-year-old hostage in an underground tunnel in southern Gaza, the military said Wednesday, and the army was determining if another set of remains belongs to the man's son. The discovery of Yosef AlZayadni's body comes as Israel and Hamas are considering a ceasefire deal that would free the remaining hostages and halt the fighting in Gaza. Israel says about a third of the remaining 100 hostages have died, but believes as many as half could be dead.

The bodies of around three dozen hostages have been recovered in Gaza and eight hostages have been rescued by the army.

Yosef AlZayadni's body was discovered in southern Gaza by Israeli soldiers amid claims Israel and Hamas are considering a ceasefire deal, which would free the remaining hostages

The bodies of an Israeli father and son who had been taken hostage by Hamas have been found in Gaza, their family has said.

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