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Israel has recovered the body of a hostage in an overnight operation in the southern city of Khan Younis, the military said on Saturday. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the man was abducted from Nir Oz, a kibbutz in southern Israel, where scores of people were killed and taken hostage in the massacre by Islamist militants on October 7. He was murdered while held in the captivity of Islamic Jihad terrorists, the IDF said. It did not say where the military raid took place or how the victim was killed. His mother was also abducted but released in late November, while his father was murdered …