Five Canadian soldiers died in the operation.
Israel said it had been seeking to arrest one of the Hamas men who died in the operation.
Five of the hostages were freed while eight hostages and three of the Israeli soldiers died in the operation.
And the widows and orphans of the men who had died in the operation would be paid in full, too.
At least three people died in the operation, with hundreds more injured.
He was the first American to die in the operation, which is meant to combat infiltration by insurgents.
Some 40 percent of the JG 11 pilots died in the operation.
According to the Basayev's later statement, 37 attackers died in the operation.
Eight hostages and three of the Israeli soldiers died in the operation.
Out of the 180 soldiers involved in the operations, only three did not return home: two British and one Australian who died in the operation.