Israeli forces have recovered the bodies of two hostages with dual Israeli-U.S. citizenship, Judith Weinstein-Haggai and Gadi Haggai , a married couple whose remains were being held by Hamas in Gaza since the beginning of the war there in October 2023.

The Israeli military and Shin Bet, Israel's domestic security agency, recovered the bodies of Weinstein-Haggai, 70, and Gadi Haggai, 72, in a special operation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement Thursday morning.

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The couple, from Kibbutz Nir Oz , were killed during the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, terror attacks, in which around 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken hostage, according to NBC News.

Since then, more than 54,000 people

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