Or Yaakov, Yair's son, who was released from Hamas captivity as part of a deal, said, "Dad, you were such a special person. An exemplary father, a true friend.

The Israeli military on Sunday identified the second of two hostages whose bodies were recovered from Gaza last week as Aviv ...

The Israeli military recovered the bodies of two dead hostages in southern Gaza Wednesday night, including Yair Yaakov, a 59-year-old dad who was killed during Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack.

Israel recovers bodies of two hostages from Gaza Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement that the body of hostage Yair Yaakov had been retrieved, along with that of another hostage whose identity ...

Benjamin Netanyahu said that the body of hostage Yair Yaakov had been retrieved, along with that of another hostage.

PM Benjamin Netanyahu announced the return of two bodies from Gaza, including that of Mr Yair Yaakov. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Israel’s military said Thursday that Israel has recovered the bodies of two hostages held in the Gaza Strip. Israel identified them as Yair Yaakov, who was killed during Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, ...

Israeli gunfire and airstrikes killed at least 60 Palestinians in Gaza on Wednesday, including more than two dozen near an aid site operated by the U.S.- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian ...

The IDF on Monday published recordings from the operation that retrieved the bodies of hostages Yair Yaakov and Aviv Atzili both from Kibbutz Nir Oz, as operations continued across the Gaza Strip.

A military statement said a joint operation by the army and the Shin Bet security agency recovered the bodies of Yair Yaakov and “an additional hostage whose name has not yet been cleared for ...