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Remembering Shani Louk, Amit Buskila, and Itzik Gelernter

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 The Bring Them Home Now poster featuring photographs of the hostages (photo credit: BRINGTHEMHOMENOW)
The Bring Them Home Now poster featuring photographs of the hostages
(photo credit: BRINGTHEMHOMENOW)

Body of Gaza hostage Itzik Gelenter recovered by IDF

Gelernter leaves behind his four children, Yarden, Asaf, Omer and Ilay, and grandchildren Mia and Roni

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 Itzik Gelenter (photo credit: Hostage and Missing Families Forum)
Itzik Gelenter
(photo credit: Hostage and Missing Families Forum)

The body of Itzik Gelernter was recovered by IDF soldiers, the IDF announced on Friday.

Gelernter leaves behind his four children,  Yarden, Asaf, Omer and Ilay, and grandchildren Mia and Roni, according to the American Zionist Movement’s One Seat project.

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Body of Shani Louk, previously paraded around Gaza, retrieved by IDF

Louk is well known for appearing in a video of Hamas soldiers sitting in the back of a pickup truck over her mangled body, and parading it around Gaza

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 A picture of Shani Louk is displayed during a demonstration by family members and supporters of hostages who are being held in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel October 28, 2023 (photo credit: REUTERS/AMMAR AWAD)
A picture of Shani Louk is displayed during a demonstration by family members and supporters of hostages who are being held in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel October 28, 2023
(photo credit: REUTERS/AMMAR AWAD)

The body of Israeli-German citizen Shani Louk was found and retrieved by the IDF, the military announced on Friday.

Louk is well known for appearing in a video of Hamas soldiers sitting in the back of a pickup truck over her mangled body, and parading it around Gaza

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IDF announces that hostage Amit Buskila has been found dead in Gaza

Buskila was kidnapped from the Nova Music Festival on October 7 while she was on the phone with her Uncle.

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 Hostage Amit Buskila, 28, who was held by Hamas since October 7. (photo credit: Bring Them Home Now)
Hostage Amit Buskila, 28, who was held by Hamas since October 7.
(photo credit: Bring Them Home Now)

Fashion stylist and hostage Amit Buskila, 28, has been found dead in Gaza, according to the IDF on Friday.

Buskila was kidnapped from the Nova Music Festival on October 7 while she was on the phone with her Uncle Shimon. 

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