‘Immense pain’: Bodies of 6 Israeli hostages extracted from Gaza terror tunnels

JERUSALEM – Grim news greeted Israelis as they started their day Tuesday with the recovery of the bodies of six male hostages who were kidnapped into Gaza as part of the Oct. 7 bloodletting.

The IDF had already confirmed the deaths of five of the six, some as recently as late July. The condition of the sixth victim was not known – although there had been very grave fears for his well-being – until his corpse too was found.

In an operation involving the IDF and Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet)...