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IDF: Retrieval of slain hostages’ bodies planned in way to avoid harm to living captives
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF and Shin Bet’s overnight operation to recover the bodies of slain hostages Gadi Haggai and Judih Weinstein was planned in a way that did not risk the lives of other hostages still held by terror groups in Gaza, the military says.
According to the IDF, intelligence gathered by the military and Shin Bet “led to accurate planning of a covert operation, which was carried out while preserving the lives of the other hostages and led to the recovery of the bodies of the two.”
The operation was carried out “in the heart of Khan Younis” by the 98th Division, the IDF says.
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