Body of hostage Yehudit Weiss recovered in building near Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital, IDF says

The body of Yehudit Weiss, who was abducted by Hamas from kibbutz Be'eri during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, was found in a building near Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital, the Israeli Defense Forces said in a statement Thursday.

The IDF said authorities informed Weiss' family of her death after "an identification procedure carried out by medical officials and military rabbis." It did not specify how or when Weiss was killed.

The IDF said "military equipment and weapons of the Kalashnikov type and an RPG missile were also found" in the same building as Weiss' body near Al-Shifa hospital. The IDF also said it recovered guns and grenades from the medical facility itself and that it found a tunnel shaft "on the grounds" of the hospital.