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Israel announced Thursday that it had received the body of Inbar Hayman, the last female hostage remaining in Gaza.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said its intelligence indicated that Hayman was killed during the October 7, 2023 attacks on the Nova festival and that her body was taken to Gaza. She was pronounced deceased on December 15, 2023. Hayman was 27 years old at the time of her death. Hayman is survived by her parents and brother.
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum released a statement from Hayman’s family after her body was publicly identified.
“This is a feeling that cannot be described, joy mixed with deep sadness. Now Inbar will receive the peace and honor she so deeply deserves. We are confident that if Inbar were here with us today, she would urge us to continue fighting for all 19 of her fellow hostages who are still in captivity,” Hayman’s family said.
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The remains of Inbar Hayman, the last female hostage in Gaza, were returned to Israel on Thursday. (The Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
“Our Inbar, the salt of the earth, served as a commander in the Caracal Battalion for three years. We salute you and ask the entire public to come and honor you. A hero of Israel,” the family added.
Hayman was known as PINK, a talented graffiti artist. Her family asks the public to wear pink at her funeral and even posts her funeral information in pink letters, as opposed to the traditional black letters.
In Israel, the funerals of hostages and deceased soldiers are often public.
Protesters hold a cut-out poster of slain Israeli hostage Inbar Hayman as they block the Ayalon access road to Tel Aviv, Israel, on August 17, 2025. (Itay Cohen/Reuters)
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The body of Sgt. Major Muhammad Al-Atresh was also extradited to Israel on Thursday. Al-Atresh served as an IDF tracker, a position held almost exclusively by Bedouin Israelis, according to The Times of Israel.
Like Hayman, Al-Atresh was killed in the October 7 massacre and his body was taken hostage in Gaza. Israel declared Al-Atresh dead on June 24, 2024. According to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, Al-Atresh is survived by his parents, nine brothers, thirteen sisters, two wives and thirteen children.
Both the IDF and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office called on Hamas to fulfill its obligation to hand over all deceased hostages.
A woman reacts as the Kibbutz Kfar Aza community commemorates their members who were murdered, held hostage and died in captivity following the deadly Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 in southern Israel on October 16, 2025. (Hannah McKay/Reuters)
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Following the release of the remains of Hayman and Altresh, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum reiterated its call for Hamas to return all remains of the deceased hostages. So far, in addition to Hayman and Al-Atresh, the remains of Staff Sgt. Tamir Nimrodi, Uriel Baruch, Eitan Levi, Yossi Sharabi, Cpt. Daniel Peretz, Bipin Joshi and Guy Iluz have been sent back to Israel.
The remains of 19 deceased hostages remain in Gaza, including US citizens Itay Chen, 19, and Omer Neutra, 21. Among the bodies in Gaza is that of Hadar Goldin, who was killed in 2014. His mother, Leah, has been fighting for more than a decade to give her son a proper burial.
