The Israeli military on Friday confirmed the deaths of 5 hostages held in Gaza
Jerusalem:
The Israeli military on Friday confirmed the deaths of 5 hostages held in Gaza, saying their households had been knowledgeable, and the physique of considered one of them returned to Israel.
“In current days, the IDF and Israel police notified the households of the hostages Eliyahu Margalit, Maya Goren, Ronen Engel and Arye Zalmanovitz about their deaths,” military spokesman Daniel Hagari stated.
He additionally stated troops had introduced again the physique of a fifth individual that he recognized as Ofir Tsarfati.
Hagari stated Gaza operatives had been nonetheless holding “136 hostages, amongst them 17 girls and kids”.
In a separate assertion, the military stated Tsarfati’s physique had been “situated in current days” in Gaza by troops and members of the Shin Wager inside safety service and delivered to Israel for burial.
It stated the household was knowledgeable about his dying on Wednesday.
Tsarfati was kidnapped from a rave get together close to the Gaza Strip on October 7 when Hamas militants stormed throughout the border, killing 1,200 individuals, largely civilians, and kidnapping round 240 others within the worst assaults in Israel’s 75-year historical past.
Israel has hit again with an enormous navy marketing campaign that Gaza’s Hamas-run authorities says has killed greater than 15,000 individuals, additionally largely civilians.
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