After Hamas airs image of hostage’s body, IDF says his remains were recovered last year

After the Hamas terror group published an image of the body of an Israeli hostage a short while ago, the IDF says that the remains of the hostage in question had been returned in a special operation last year.

“This is a hostage who was murdered and his body was returned in an IDF and Shin Bet operation at the end of November,” the military says, adding that the family of the hostage was updated by IDF representatives.

The IDF does not name the hostage.

The development comes days after Hamas’s military said members of the terror group assigned to guard Israeli hostages killed a male captive and seriously wounded another two female hostages. The IDF said it could neither confirm nor deny the claim.

Hamas today said its guard shot the hostage dead out of revenge and against the terror group’s protocols.