Body of Russian Captive Taken by Hamas Found in Gaza Strip

The Israel Defense Forces have discovered the bodies of six hostages near the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, including Russian national Aleksandr Lobanov. This information was reported by the Israeli army's press service.

It was noted that the bodies were retrieved and handed over to the Israeli side. “All of them were taken hostage by Hamas during the attack on Israel on October 7 of last year. The identification process has been carried out by the National Institute of Forensic Medicine, the Israel Police, and the Military Rabbinical Authority of the Israel Defense Forces,” the report stated.

It is worth recalling that earlier, U.S. President Joe Biden announced that one of the deceased hostages was also U.S. citizen Hersch Goldberg-Paul, according to information from the White House.