(LONDON) — The second of two remains of hostages recently recovered in Gaza has been identified, the Israel Defense Forces said Saturday.

The recovered bodies of the two hostages killed in the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks by Hamas were identified as Ilan Weiss, a member of his kibbutz emergency squad, and Idan Shtivi, who was helping to rescue and evacuate people from the Nova music festival when he was abducted in the Tel Gama area, the IDF said in a statement Saturday. Shtivi was 28 at the time of his death.

Weiss was identified on Friday when Israeli officials first announced the recovery of the two bodies.

The IDF said the bodies of both hostages were recovered following a “complex rescue operation.”

“Idan Shtivi was murdered and abducted from the Nova music festival on October 7th, 2023,

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