Overview
- The remains of Idan Shtivi, 28, and Ilan Weiss, 56, were returned on Friday and buried in separate ceremonies on Monday.
- The Israeli military said a complex operation in Gaza recovered both bodies.
- Shtivi, abducted from the Nova music festival, was honored in Kfar Maas after a procession from Rishon LeZion as relatives delivered eulogies.
- Weiss, a member of his kibbutz emergency team, was laid to rest in Beeri; his wife Shiri and daughter Noga were previously released in a truce.
- Israel says 47 of the 251 people taken on Oct. 7 remain in Gaza, including 25 declared dead, as Gaza’s health ministry reports more than 63,000 Palestinian deaths in the war.