Milan, 19 October (LaPresse) – One of the bodies returned by Hamas on Saturday is that of slain hostage Ronen Engel, according to an announcement by the Forum of Families of Hostages and Missing Persons and Kibbutz Nir Oz. This was reported by The Times of Israel. The Prime Minister's Office and the IDF confirm Engel's identification and say that the process of identifying the other body returned overnight is still ongoing. On 7 October 2023, Engel was killed by Hamas in Nir Oz, while his wife Karina and their daughters Mika and Yuval were kidnapped. The following month, Karina, Mika and Yuval were released from Gaza. Daughter Mika wrote on Instagram that her father is ‘finally home.’ ‘After 744 days, my father is finally home. It's not what we hoped for, it's not what we wished for him, but it finally happened,’ she added.