Israel's army says three hostages' bodiesrecovered from Gaza | BBC News | BBC News

Israeli forces have recovered the bodies of threehostages from Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) say.

The bodies were those of Shani Louk, Amit Buskila,and Itzhak Gelerenter, it said. The IDF said they hadbeen murdered on 7 October and their remains taken back to Gaza.

Local media reported that the bodies were found in aHamas tunnel.

About 1,200 people were killed in an unprecedentedattack when Hamas gunmen burst into Israel - they took 252 others back to Gaza as hostages.

After the 7 October attacks, Israel launched anoffensive in Gaza that has killed more than 35,000people, mostly civilians, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.