Body of hostage found, returned to Israel
Israel announced that it has identified the body of a fourth hostage this week. Ron Benjamin, 53, was killed during the Oct. 7 Hamas attack and taken into Gaza, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
The bodies of three other hostages were also recovered in a tunnel in the same operation, according to the IDF.
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Benjamin was a family man who loved cycling, the Hostages Families Forum said in a statement.
"He used to go out for a ride every Saturday, just as he did on that fateful Saturday when he was taken hostage from the Kibbutz Be’eri area while on a cycling trip," the statement said.
-ABC News' Victoria Beaule