Israeli military says it struck Hamas militant base inside the school but civil defence agency spokesperson says bodies of men and children recovered
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This will no doubt put a spanner in the ceasefire negotiations. As if they had any intention of a ceasefire anyway…
Who killed the hostages? How did they locate them? More questions than answers as usual.
Bodies of six hostages held in Gaza recovered in overnight operation, Israeli military says
The bodies of
six hostages taken in Hamas’ Oct 7 attack have been returned from the Gaza Strip, Israeli military has confirmed.
The military said in a statement that its forces recovered the bodies in an overnight operation in southern
Gaza.
It identified the hostages as
Yagev Buchshtab,
Alexander Dancyg, Avraham Munder,
Yoram Metzger, Nadav Popplewell and
Haim Perry,without saying when or how they died, the Associated Press reports.
Five of the hostages were over 50 years old when they were captured, and three had family members who were released during a weeklong cease-fire in November.
Prime minister
Benjamin Netanyahu praised the recovery effort and said “our hearts ache for the terrible loss.”
“The State of Israel will continue to make every effort to return all of our hostages — both alive and dead,” he said in a statement.
Hamas is still believed to be holding around 110 hostages captured in the Oct. 7 attack. Israeli authorities estimate around a third of them are dead.