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, Idan Shtivi, whose recovery had been announced a day earlier.

Israel said Shtivi was 28 when he was kidnapped from the Nova music festival in the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023, that sparked the war.

The announcement came a day after Israel said the body of Ilan Weiss, 55, was 

, along with the body now identified. The military did not provide details about the operation.

Hamas-led militants killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took 251 hostages in the Oct. 7 attack. The 

 has killed more than 63,000 Palestinians in Gaza, mostly women and children, Gaza's Health Ministry said Saturday. The ministry doesn’t distinguish between civilians and combatants.

Total hostages captured during Oct. 7 attack: 251

Hostages taken before the Oct. 7 attack: four (including two who entered Gaza in 2014 and 2015 and the bodies of two soldiers killed in the 2014 war)

Hostages released in exchanges or other deals: 148, of which eight were dead

Bodies of hostages retrieved by Israeli forces: 51

Hostages still in captivity: 48, of which the Israeli military believes 20 are still alive

Non-Israeli hostages in captivity: four (two 

 nationals and one Tanzanian who have been confirmed dead, and one Nepalese national)

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Israel says it has identified the body of a hostage whose recovery was announced on Friday. Israel identifies him as Idan Shtivi. He was kidnapped from the Nova music festival in the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023, that sparked the war. Israel's military on Friday announced it had also recovered the body of hostage Ilan Weiss, who was killed in Kibbutz Be’eri. 

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