Israel recovers body of hostage Elia Toledano, taken from music festival, in Gaza
Israeli special forces said in a statement on Friday that they had recovered the body of hostage Elia Toledano, 28, who had been held in the Gaza Strip since Hamas rampaged through southern Israel on October 7.
The military said an “identification procedure” was carried out by medical personnel, military rabbis and forensic experts.
Israeli media reported that Toledano was taken by Hamas from the open-air music festival that turned into a massacre.
Israeli forces recovered the body of hostage Elia Toledan. Handouts to familiesToledano was taken hostage at the Supernova Music Festival. @IDF/XMoshe Sebag (CR), chief rabbi of the Grand Synagogue in Paris, attends a vigil with relatives of Israeli hostages held since the October 7 attack by Hamas for hostage Elia Toledano's brother Daniel.・Greetings to Mr. Toledano (CL). Christophe Petit Tesson/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockA video on Twitter shows attendees of the Tribe of Nova music festival running away from a terrorist attack during the Hamas invasion in southern Israel on Saturday, October 7, 2023.
More than 130 hostages remain in Gaza.
Some people were confirmed dead in their absence by Israeli authorities.
