The Israeli Army recovers the lifeless body of a new hostage kidnapped by Hamas

MADRID Dec. 4 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported this Wednesday that its troops in the Gaza Strip have managed to recover the lifeless body of Itay Svirsky, one of the more than 240 people that the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) took as hostages in the attacks of October 7, 2023, in which more than 2,400 people died and caused the outbreak of war at the regional level.

Israeli military authorities have detailed that the operation has been coordinated with the Israeli internal intelligence department, the Shin Bet. Sources from the Israeli Army confirmed at the beginning of the year that Svirsky had died under Hamas captivity, now the authorities indicate that he will be able to receive a dignified burial in Israel.

Svirsky, 38, was at Kibbutz Beeri to visit his parents during that weekend in which the Israeli population celebrated the Jewish new year. He was kidnapped, while his parents joined the list of those killed in the October 7 attacks.

“In a special operation, the body of the kidnapped Itay Svirsky, kidnapped on October 7, 2023 from Kibbutz Beeri and murdered in captivity by Hamas terrorists in January 2024, was recovered,” said Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu. on his official profile on social networks.

Netanyahu has conveyed his condolences to the Svirsky family, who not only lost Itay but also his parents, “killed in the Hamas attack.” On the other hand, he expressed his gratitude to the Shin Bet and the IDF “for their brave action to rescue the late Itay” and promised to continue acting “decidedly and tirelessly” to achieve the return of the kidnapped people.

On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched an unprecedented offensive that motivated the Israeli military response, which quickly launched an offensive on the Gaza Strip that continues to this day and has already claimed more than 44,500 lives, mostly women and children, although it has also served to dismember the Islamist group.