Israel Recovers Bodies Of US-Israeli Couple Judi Weinstein And Gadi Haggai From Gaza Strip

Israeli forces have recovered the bodies of two Israeli Americans taken back to Gaza as hostages during the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, the Israeli military says.

Judi Weinstein Haggai, 70, who was also a Canadian citizen, and her husband Gadi Haggai, 72, were murdered by gunmen from the Mujahideen Brigades group when they attacked Kibbutz Nir Oz, a statement said.

Their bodies were recovered from the southern Khan Younis area of Gaza and brought back to Israel for forensic identification. Haggai was a retired chef and jazz musician.

Weinstein, a New York native, was a retired teacher. Both pacifists, they raised their children at the kibbutz, where everybody knows their neighbors.