The Israeli army has announced that it has recovered the bodies of two more Israeli hostages captured by Hamas in Gaza: two soldiers, Nik Beizer and Ron Shermann, both 19 years old. The Army says it has informed the soldiers' families and shares their grief. Beizer began his military service on April 30 and was captured on October 7 by Hamas terrorists who launched an attack on his base near the Erez border crossing. However, Sherman last spoke to his mother on the morning of October 7, when his military base near the Gaza border was attacked by Hamas terrorists.
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Israel estimates that a total of 20 of the 132 people still being held hostage in Gaza have died. This is the update from Israeli government spokesman Eylon Levy: “Hamas is currently holding the bodies of twenty hostages hostage. We know that they were murdered during their capture.” Levy declined to comment on possible negotiations for the release of those still in Gaza, but reiterated Israel's strong commitment to trying to get them out of Gaza alive as quickly as possible . According to Levy, 132 hostages remain in Gaza in the hands of Hamas and other Palestinian militias, including 121 Israelis, eight Thais, a Nepalese, a Tanzanian and a Franco-Mexican. The hostages remaining in the Palestinian enclave are 113 men and 19 women, including two minors and ten people over 75 years old.
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