Body of Aviv Atzili, killed on Oct. 7, recovered from Gaza last week, IDF says

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15 June 2025, 7:48 pm

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Aviv Atzili, a warrant officer in the reserves and member of Kibbutz Nir Oz’s civil defense squad, who was killed battling Hamas-led terrorists in the Gaza border community on October 7, 2023.(Screenshot/YouTube)

Aviv Atzili is identified as the hostage whose body was recovered by the IDF from southern Gaza’s Khan Younis last week, the military announces.

Atzili, a warrant officer in reserves and a member of Kibbutz Nir Oz’s civil defense squad, was killed battling Hamas-led terrorists in the Gaza border community on October 7, 2023. He was 49.

According to the IDF, after being killed in battle, Atzili’s body was abducted by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad to Gaza.

During the operation on Wednesday, the IDF also recovered the body of slain hostage Yair Yaakov, who was also murdered in Nir Oz on October 7.