{"id":90352,"date":"2025-11-14T18:02:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T23:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=90352"},"modified":"2025-11-14T18:02:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T23:02:32","slug":"israel-redeems-the-remains-of-slain-hostage-meny-godard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/israel-redeems-the-remains-of-slain-hostage-meny-godard\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel redeems the remains of slain hostage Meny Godard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By JNS STAFF<\/p>\n<p>(JNS.org<span class=\"light-weight-content\">) \u2013 <\/span>Israel on Thursday night recovered the remains of hostage Meny (Menachem) Godard, who was murdered by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist organization during the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre, and whose body was taken into the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_90353\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Meny-Godard-1320x880-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90353\" class=\"wp-image-90353 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Meny-Godard-1320x880-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Meny-Godard-1320x880-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Meny-Godard-1320x880-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Meny-Godard-1320x880-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Meny-Godard-1320x880-1.jpg 1320w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90353\" class=\"wp-image-90353 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Meny-Godard-1320x880-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Meny-Godard-1320x880-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Meny-Godard-1320x880-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Meny-Godard-1320x880-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Meny-Godard-1320x880-1.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-90353\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The remains of Meny (Menachem) Godard, who was killed on Oct. 7, 2023, and abducted from his home in Kibbutz Be\u2019eri, was returned to Israel on Nov. 13, 2025. Credit: Courtesy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Meny was 73 at the time of his murder and abduction from his home in Kibbutz Be\u2019eri. His death was officially confirmed on Dec. 8, 2023. He is survived by four children and seven grandchildren. His wife, Ayelet Godard, was also killed during the attack on the kibbutz.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe IDF expresses deep condolences to the families, continues to make every effort to return all the deceased hostages, and is prepared for the continued implementation of the [ceasefire] agreement,\u201d the military said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHamas is required to fulfill its part of the agreement and make the necessary efforts to return all the hostages to their families and to a dignified burial,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli Prime Minister\u2019s Office said earlier Thursday night that the Israel Defense Forces had received from the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza a coffin believed to contain the remains of a hostage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIsrael has received, via the Red Cross, the body of a fallen hostage that was transferred to IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) forces inside Gaza,\u201d Jerusalem said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After being handed over to Israeli troops, the remains were brought to Israel, where they were received in a military ceremony attended by the IDF chief rabbi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The remains were then transferred to the Health Ministry\u2019s National Institute of Forensic Medicine at Abu Kabir in Tel Aviv for identification.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAll the families of the fallen hostages have been informed, and in this difficult hour our hearts are with them,\u201d the PMO statement continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe effort to bring back our hostages continues uninterrupted and will not cease until the last hostage is returned,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Palestinian terrorists are still holding the bodies of three captives: two Israelis\u2014Sgt. Ran Gvili and Dror Or\u2014and a Thai citizen, Sudthisak Rinthalak, who was working in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire and hostage-release agreement that went into effect on Oct. 13, Hamas committed to returning for burial 28 bodies it was holding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Hamas has slow-walked the return of the deceased hostages, reportedly to avoid its disarmament, which is slated to occur in the second phase of the deal with the deployment of international forces.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Israel%20redeems%20the%20remains%20of%20slain%20hostage%20Meny%20Godard\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":90353,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[40,8790,8795,14894,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90352"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90352"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90354,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90352\/revisions\/90354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}