The body of 35-year-old Dolev Yehud has been identified, the Israel Defense Forces announced Monday. Photo courtesy of Israel Defense Forces/X
June 3 (UPI) -- The body of Dolev Yehud, a 35-year-old man who was presumed to have been taken hostage by Hamas during its Oct. 7 attack on Israel, has been identified, the IDF said Monday.
Yehud lived in Kibbutz Nir Oz in southern Israel that had been attacked by Hamas militants who killed residents and took others hostage.
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It was initially believed that Yehud had been taken hostage along with his 28-year-old sister, Arbel Yehud, who remains in Hamas custody in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza.
However, a body discovered in Kibbutz Nir Oz has been identified by medical officials from the National Institute of Forensic Medicine and Shura military base as belonging to Dolev Yehud, according to the IDF.
The IDF said in a statement Monday that he was killed by Hamas "when he left his house in order to save lives" on Oct. 7.
"May his memory be a blessing," the IDF said.
According to Bring Our People Home, which has created campaigns for each of the hostages, Dolev Yehud was a volunteer with Israel's national emergency services Magen David Adom and United Hatzalah.
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Officials initially believed that the father of four had been taken hostage, but grew uncertain amid the war as there were no indications from Gaza of him being there, The Times of Israel reported.
With this development, the total number of hostages taken by Hamas drops to 251.
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The captives are likely being held in different locations in the Gaza Strip. As of 14 February 2024, 116 hostages had been returned alive to Israel, with 105 being released in a prisoner exchange deal, four released by Hamas unilaterally and seven rescued by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
Noa Argamani, 26, Almog Meir Jan, 22, Andrey Kozlov, 27, and 41-year-old Shlomi Ziv were all kidnapped at the Nova music festival. They were recovered after the IDF announced it was striking "terrorist infrastructure" in central Gaza.
Hours after being rescued from eight months of captivity at the hands of Hamas in Gaza, freed hostage Noa Argamani arrived at a hospital in Tel Aviv to see her terminally ill mother.
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