Israel restores the body of judih weinstein-haggai in Canada and husband held by Hamas
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Israeli troops recovered the bodies of two hostages, Canadian Israeli Judih Weinstein-Haggai and her husband Israeli US Gadi Haggai were held by Hamas.
Israeli troops said in a statement that the couple's bodies were recovered during a special operation in the Khan Yunis region of the Gaza Strip.
Netanyahu said in a statement: “Along with all the citizens of Israel, my wife and I express our heartfelt condolences to our dear family. Our hearts are suffering for the most terrible loss. Blessed are their memories.”
Kibbutz Nir Oz announced the deaths of Weinstein-Haggai, 70, and Haggai, 72, both of whom had Israeli and U.S. citizenship in December 2023. two
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Weinstein-Haggai grew up in Canada and has Canadian and U.S. citizenship. She was born in New York, but moved to Toronto at the age of three, and then moved to Israel to live with Haggai after 20 years. She is the mother of four children and the grandmother of seven.
Weinstein– Haggai is one of the Canadian citizens killed in the October 7 attack.
According to Israeli estimates, Hamas still holds 56 hostages after two bodies were recovered, less than half of them are still alive.
Israeli-led gunmen killed 1,200 people and captured 251 hostages after the October 7 attack, and Israeli-led launched a military campaign in Gaza.
Local health authorities said more than 54,000 Palestinians were killed in the subsequent battle.
