The IDF, acting on intelligence gathered from captured terrorists, located and retrieved the bodies of 5 hostages from Gaza.
The bodies of Mia Goren, 65, from Kibbutz Nir Oz, Ravid Katz, 51, from Kibbutz Nir Oz, Oren Goldin, 33, from Kibbutz Nir Itzhak, Staff Sgt. Tomer Yaakov Ahimas, 20, from Lehavim, and Sgt. Kiril Brodski, 19, from Ramat Gan, were rescued from Khan Younis.
The total number of hostages is now 111, with 39 of those hostages declared dead.