{"id":2450420,"date":"2025-06-22T10:11:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T14:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-recovers-bodies-of-three-murdered-hostages-in-gaza-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T10:12:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T14:12:13","slug":"israel-recovers-bodies-of-three-murdered-hostages-in-gaza-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-recovers-bodies-of-three-murdered-hostages-in-gaza-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel recovers bodies of three murdered hostages in Gaza &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fisrael-recovers-bodies-of-three-murdered-hostages-in-gaza-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2450420&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>on Sunday, Israel announced that it had recovered the remains of three hostages, Yonatan Samerano, Shay Levinson, and Ofra Keidar, who had been abducted by Hamas during the terrorist attack on October 7, 2023. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed thier identities,expressing condolences to the families affected by this tragedy. The bodies were returned to Israel after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pope-francis-accuses-israel-of-terrorism-after-meeting-with-hostage-families\/\" title=\"Pope Francis condemns ... for terrorism after meeting hostage ...\">military operation conducted<\/a> by the Israel Defense forces and Shin Bet, which relied on precise intelligence.The remains were identified at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamas-hands-over-the-bodies-of-four-dead-israeli-hostages\/\" title=\"... hands over the ... of four dead ...i ...\">forensic institute<\/a> in Tel Aviv. Netanyahu emphasized Israel&#8217;s commitment to continue efforts to recover the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/haitian-gang-releases-remaining-12-kidnapped-american-missionaries\/\" title=\"Haitian Gang Releases Remaining 12 Kidnapped American Missionaries\">remaining hostages<\/a> amidst ongoing tensions<\/a> and conflict with Iran, which supports Hamas and other militant groups.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Israel recovers bodies of three murdered hostages in Gaza<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2153988\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Israel<\/a> announced on Sunday that it had recovered the remains of three hostages from the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\/\">G<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">aza Strip<\/a>&nbsp;and returned their bodies to Israel for burial.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a>&nbsp;identified the individuals as Yonatan Samerano, Shay Levinson, and Ofra Keidar, saying they were &ldquo;murdered and taken hostage&rdquo; by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Hamas<\/a>&nbsp;during the&nbsp;Oct. 7, 2023,&nbsp;terrorist attack and abducted into Gaza.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3450181\/markwayne-mullin-defends-iran-strikes-that-were-well-within-trumps-authority\/\">Markwayne Mullin defends Iran strikes that were &#8216;well within&#8217; Trump&#8217;s authority<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3447555\/china-iran-oil-brics-middle-east-conflict\/\">China could lose more than just cheap oil if Iran collapses<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3449992\/us-has-completed-bombing-of-iranian-nuclear-sites-trump\/\">US has &#8216;completed&#8217; bombing of Iranian nuclear sites, Trump says<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bodies of 3 Deceased Hostages Recovered<\/p>\n<p>The bodies of SSGT Shay Levinson, Yonatan Samerano and Ofra Keidar, who were held hostage for 625 days in Gaza, have been recovered in a joint IDF and ISA military operation.<\/p>\n<p>May their memories be a blessing. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8FUo9XJwXo\">pic.twitter.com\/8FUo9XJwXo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IDF\/status\/1936715024711450746?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Together with all citizens of Israel, my wife and I convey our heartfelt condolences to the dear families, and share in their deep sorrow,&rdquo; Netanyahu <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.il\/en\/pages\/spoke-operation220625\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I thank the commander and our fighters for the successful action, their determination and their courage,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli military said the recovery operation was carried out by the&nbsp;Israel Defense Forces&nbsp;and Shin Bet and was made possible through what it described as &ldquo;precise intelligence,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/idf-recovers-bodies-of-three-slain-hostages-from-gaza-in-military-operation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according<\/a> to&nbsp;the <em>Times of Israel<\/em>. The remains were identified at the Abu Kabir forensic institute in Tel Aviv before families were notified.<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu said Israel is continuing efforts to bring home the remaining hostages, even as the country remains engaged in an escalating conflict with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Iran<\/a>, which has long funded and armed Hamas and other proxy groups in the region.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3447555\/china-iran-oil-brics-middle-east-conflict\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"CHINA COULD LOSE MORE THAN JUST CHEAP OIL IF IRAN COLLAPSES\">CHINA COULD LOSE MORE THAN JUST CHEAP OIL IF IRAN COLLAPSES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The statement came hours after&nbsp;President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&nbsp;announced that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/u-s-military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">U.S. forces<\/a>&nbsp;had bombed three&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nuclear-weapons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Iranian nuclear sites<\/a>&nbsp;in response to recent threats, marking a significant development in the broader&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/middle-east\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Middle East<\/a>&nbsp;crisis.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The campaign to return the hostages is ongoing and is continuing in parallel to our campaign against Iran,&rdquo; Netanyahu said. &ldquo;We will not rest until we return home all of our hostages, the living and the deceased.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2153988\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2153988\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel retrieves bodies of three hostages killed in Gaza<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2450421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ISRAEL-HOSTAGES.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[20083,21509,4671,9032,12136],"class_list":["post-2450420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-gaza","tag-hostages","tag-israel","tag-murders","tag-recovery"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ISRAEL-HOSTAGES.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2450420"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2450424,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450420\/revisions\/2450424"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2450421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2450420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2450420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2450420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}