Israel on Saturday said it had identified the body of a hostage , Idan Shtivi, whose recovery had been announced a day earlier.

Israel said Shtivi was 28 when he was kidnapped from the Nova music festival in the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023, that sparked the war.

The announcement came a day after Israel said the body of Ilan Weiss, 55, was recovered in a covert operation , along with the body now identified. The military did not provide details about the operation.

Hamas-led militants killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took 251 hostages in the Oct. 7 attack. The ensuing war has killed more than 63,000 Palestinians in Gaza, mostly women and children, Gaza's Health Ministry said Saturday. The ministry doesn’t distinguish between civilians and combatants.

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