The families of hostages Tsahi Idan and Itzik Elgarat confirm that officials have told them they are on the list of four dead captives set to be returned tonight.
“We are all still waiting for the awaited certainty, which we will only be able to get after he returns to Israel and after all the necessary checks are performed by the bodies authorized by the state, while preserving the privacy of Tsahi and his family,” the Idan family says in a statement carried by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.
The family notes that Tsahi was alive at the time of the November 2023 hostage deal and thanks the public for the “much love and support.”
Idan was expected to be returned in the upcoming batch of slain hostages, as one of the remaining names on the list of captives included in the ongoing first phase of the ceasefire deal.
Meanwhile, Elgarat’s brother Danny confirms in a Channel 12 interview that officials have also informed him Itzik is on the list.
Itzik Elgarat was taken captive from his Kibbutz Nir Oz home by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023 (Courtesy)
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