Katz offers condolences to families of slain hostages after bodies recovered from Gaza

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29 August 2025, 1:34 pm

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Stav Levaton is a military reporter for The Times of Israel

Defense Minister Israel Katz offers condolences following the recovery of the bodies of two Israeli hostages from Gaza.

Katz extends “deep condolences” to the family of Ilan Weiss, the 55-year-old member of Kibbutz Be’eri’s emergency squad who was killed and abducted on October 7.

Weiss’s body was recovered in the operation along with the remains of another hostage, whose identity has not yet been released.

Weiss, he notes, “bravely managed the defensive battle in Be’eri and prevented an even greater disaster, alongside other heroes.”

Katz also hails the “heroic” work of IDF and Shin Bet forces in the mission, adding, “We will not rest and we will not stop until everyone returns home.”