Body of Slain Hostage Idan Shtivi Identified Days after Recovery from Gaza

 

Israel – Times of Israel, Aug. 31, 2025

IDF and Shin Bet retrieved remains of Nova festival photographer, 28, killed by Hamas during Oct. 7 attack, alongside body of Kibbutz Be’eri security squad volunteer Ilan Weiss

The body of slain hostage Idan Shtivi was recently recovered from the Gaza Strip by the Israel Defense Forces and the Shin Bet security service, authorities announced on Saturday.

On Friday, the IDF announced it had recovered the bodies of slain hostage Ilan Weiss and of a second hostage, whom it did not identify at the time.

Shtivi, now confirmed as the second slain hostage whose body was recovered in the operation, was murdered at the Nova music festival during the Hamas terror group’s October 7, 2023, onslaught in southern Israel.

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