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IDF names 5th hostage whose body was recovered by troops in Gaza as Ravid Katz
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Ravid Katz (Courtesy)
The body of a fifth hostage, Ravid Katz, was also recovered by the IDF from southern Gaza’s Khan Younis yesterday, the military announces.
Katz was a member of the Kibbutz Nir Oz security team who battled the terrorists on October 7 before being killed and his body abducted.
His body was recovered from Khan Younis along with four other hostages slain on October 7: Maya Goren, 56, Oren Goldin, 33, Sgt. Kiril Brodski, 19, and Staff Sgt. Tomer Yaakov Ahimas, 20. All five had previously been declared dead by the IDF.
It is now believed that 111 of the 251 hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 remain in Gaza, including the bodies of 39 confirmed dead by the IDF.
