Jerusalem, 15 October, 2025 (TPS-IL) — The families of soldiers Uriel Baruch and Tamir Nimrodi announced on Wednesday morning that their bodies were was among the four returned by Hamas overnight.
“We sat shiva but couldn’t bury him. Now, at last, we can,” the Baruch family said in a statement.
“After two years of agonizing uncertainty, full of hope and desire for a different ending, we received the difficult news of the identification of our beloved Tamir,” the Nimrodi famil said. “Tamir was brutally kidnapped from his base and murdered in Hamas captivity. We are in moments of pain and gathering, but we will not abandon the families of the kidnapped and the kidnapped until the last kidnapped is released.”
Officials at the center cautioned that the ongoing identification process could take hours, or more than one day depending on the complexity of each case. Unlike Monday’s handover, Hamas did not specify the names of the dead.
Baruch, 35, was abducted from the Nova music festival on October 7, 2023. He and his friend Michel Yoav fled the attack in Baruch’s car but were ambushed by terrorists at the Mefalsim Junction, who opened fire. Videos later showed Michel dead in the car and Uriel lying nearby, but his fate remained uncertain. In March 2024, new intelligence confirmed Uriel had been killed on October 7 and his body held in Gaza.
Nimrodi, 19, served in an army unit coordinating activities between Israel and international organizations active in Gaza. He was stationed near the Erez Crossing and hostage the morning of Hamas’ attack. Video footage showed him with fellow soldiers *ik Baizer*and Ron Sherman, forced by terrorists toward their base gate in shorts and T-shirts before being taken into Gaza.
Once the other two bodies are confirmed, the number of bodies still in Gaza will be 22. It is believed Hamas will hand over more remains on Wednesday.
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