{"id":125177,"date":"2025-10-22T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=125177"},"modified":"2025-10-22T11:27:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T09:27:05","slug":"24-05-115","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=125177","title":{"rendered":"Hamas hands over bodies of two more Israeli hostages"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reunion68.com\/Biuletyn\/img\/jns-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"35%\" \/><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><span><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/hamas-hands-over-bodies-of-two-more-israeli-hostages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hamas hands over bodies of two more Israeli hostages<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>JNS Staff<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\" \/>\n<div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The remains were confirmed as belonging to slain captives Aryeh Zalmanovich and Israel Defense Forces Master Sgt. (res.) Tamir Adar.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/me.jnsi.org\/uploads\/2025\/10\/tamirzalmanovich-1320x880.jpeg\" width=\"100%\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Slain captives Israel Defense Forces Master Sgt. (res.) Tamir Adar Aryeh Zalmanovich. Credit: Courtesy.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Hamas terrorist organization, through the International Committee of the Red Cross, on Tuesday evening returned the remains of two more slain Israeli hostages it had been holding in the Gaza Strip.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">After being handed over to Israeli forces by a Red Cross team inside the Strip, the bodies were transferred to the Jewish state and received in a military ceremony, the Prime Minister\u2019s Office said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Following an identification process at the National Institute of Forensic Medicine at Abu Kabir in Tel Aviv, the PMO confirmed the hostages\u2019 identities as Aryeh Zalmanovich and Israel Defense Forces Master Sgt. (res.) Tamir Adar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Israeli government \u201cshares in the deep sorrow of the Zalmanovich and Adar families and all the families of the deceased hostages,\u201d it said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Jerusalem \u201cremains determined, committed, and working tirelessly to return all of our deceased hostages for proper burial in their country,\u201d added the PMO.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The PMO emphasized that Hamas must honor its commitments under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal and return the 14 remaining bodies it continues to hold hostage in Gaza, almost 750 days after the terror organization\u2019s Oct. 7, 2023, massacre in southern Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Under the terms of the ceasefire deal that went into effect last week, Hamas was required to return all 28\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/10th-body-that-of-eliyahu-churchill-margalit-recovered-from-gaza\/\">hostage bodies<\/a>\u00a0it was holding on Oct. 13. So far, the terrorist group has transferred to Jerusalem only 14.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Zalmanovich and Adar were both abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz near the Gaza border by Hamas-led terrorists during the Oct. 7, 2023 massacre.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Zalmanovich, 86 at the time of his death, one of the founding members of Kibbutz Nir Oz and among the oldest hostages taken that day, died in captivity after several weeks. His son has said he was murdered in Gaza.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Hostages and Missing Families Forum stated on Wednesday morning: \u201cAryeh Zalmnovitz was kidnapped alive from his home in Kibbutz Nir Oz on the morning of Oct. 7 and murdered in Hamas captivity. A father of two sons and grandfather of five, he was a man of books and deep knowledge of history and the Land of Israel. He devoted his life to agriculture and field crops, specializing in growing wheat under the harsh conditions of the Negev.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Adar, the community\u2019s deputy security coordinator, was killed on Oct. 7 defending Nir Oz. The IDF reservist, 38 at the time of his murder, is survived by his wife and two young children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Tamir \u201cwas severely wounded and kidnapped as he went out to defend the Nir Oz community on the morning of Oct. 7, during a heroic battle against hundreds of terrorists,\u201d the Hostages and Missing Families Forum stated on Wednesday. \u201cTamir did not survive his injuries.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cTamir, a third-generation member of Kibbutz Nir Oz, was a devoted family man and father,\u201d it said. \u201cA lover of people and the land\u2014farmer at heart\u2014who, even as a child, loved roaming the kibbutz\u2019s fields and trails, and would often take his young children to watch the sunset.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Adar\u2019s confirmed death brings the Israeli military\u2019s total fatalities on all fronts since the war started on Oct. 7 to 920, as of Wednesday morning.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\" \/>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"content-alignment\">\n<div id=\"watch-description\" class=\"yt-uix-button-panel\">\n<div id=\"watch-description-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><em>Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion&#8217;68,<\/em><em><br \/>\nani te\u017c webmastera Blogu Reunion&#8217;68, chyba ze jest to wyra\u017anie zaznaczone.<br \/>\nTwoje uwagi, linki, w\u0142asne artyku\u0142y lub wiadomo\u015bci prze\u015blij na adres:<br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"mailto:webmaster@reunion68.com\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">webmaster@reunion68.com<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%;\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hamas hands over bodies of two more Israeli hostages JNS Staff The remains were confirmed as belonging to slain captives Aryeh Zalmanovich and Israel Defense Forces Master Sgt. (res.) Tamir Adar. Slain captives Israel Defense Forces Master Sgt. (res.) Tamir Adar Aryeh Zalmanovich. Credit: Courtesy. 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