HY’D: Second Body Retrieved From Gaza By IDF Identified As Hostage

Aviv Atzili HY’D, is identified as the hostage whose body was recovered by the IDF from southern Gaza’s Khan Younis last week, the military announced.

Atzili, a warrant officer in reserves and a member of Kibbutz Nir Oz’s civil defense squad, was killed battling Hamas-led terrorists in the Gaza border community on October 7, 2023. He was 49.

According to the IDF, after being killed in battle, Atzili’s body was abducted by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad to Gaza.

During the operation on Wednesday, the IDF also recovered the body of slain hostage Yair Yaakov, who was also murdered in Nir Oz on October 7.