HY’D: The remains returned to Israel on Friday by the Islamic Jihad and Hamas terror groups were identified as belonging to Lior Rudaeff, H�yd, following forensic examinations.

Rudaeff was killed battling Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists at Kibbutz Nir Yitzchak during the October 7 massacre, and his body was abducted to Gaza.

Rudaeff, a member of the kibbutz�s emergency response team, went out on the morning of October 7 when he heard gunfire outside his home and engaged in a fierce battle against the terrorists.

He was 61 at the time of his death.