JERUSALEM — Israel's military said on Tuesday that it had retrieved the bodies of six Hamas hostages from the southern Gaza Strip in a joint operation with internal security agency Shin Bet.

The hostages were Yagev Buchshtab, 35; Alexander Dancyg, 76; Yoram Metzger, 80; Nadav Popplewell, 51; and Haim Perry, 80, previously announced dead; and Avraham Munder, 79, whose kibbutz of Nir Oz near Gaza announced his death earlier in the day.

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