Tel Aviv [ Israel ], October 19 (ANI/TPS): One of the bodies returned to Israel overnight was identified as Ronen Engel , Kibbutz Nir Oz announced on Sunday morning.

Engel was killed while "protecting his family and fighting terrorists" during the October 7 attack, the kibbutz said.

Engel, a volunteer photographer for Magen David Adom and motorcycle enthusiast, tried to defend his family when terrorists broke into their home and was taken hostage . His wife, Karina, and their daughters, Mika and Yuval, were also abducted separately. In early December 2023 -- four days after his wife and daughters were freed in a hostage deal -- the family learned that Engel had been murdered while in Hamas captivity.

The remains of a second hostage are being examined the National Center fo

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