Israeli forces found the bodies of three hostages in Gaza on Sunday, more than 20 months after they were kidnapped by the Hamas group.

The army said that the bodies of Ofra Keidar, Yonatan Samerano and Staff Sergeant Shay Levinson, who were taken hostage in a special operation from Gaza, were found. 

2023 The bodies of three people who were kidnapped and taken hostage on October 7 were seized by the Israeli army in a kibbutz in Gaza, according to the father of one of the dead. Keidar, 71, was also abducted, while Levinson, a 19-year-old tank commander who was taken hostage during a confrontation with Hamas on October 7, also died in the kibbutz.