JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli forces on Wednesday recovered the our bodies of 5 hostages killed in an Oct. 7 assault by Hamas and who’ve been held in Gaza ever since, the navy stated.
Maya Goren, a 56-year-old kindergarten instructor, was killed in an assault on her kibbutz, Nir Oz, Israel Military Radio reported. One of many communities hardest hit by lethal assaults within the south that sparked a devastating conflict.
The navy stated the opposite 4 hostages had been two reservists and two conscripts who had been killed within the Oct. 7 assault.
Their our bodies had been recovered from the Khan Younis space of southern Gaza, the place Israeli forces launched new assaults this week.
The 5 are listed as amongst 120 hostages nonetheless in Gaza, a few third of whom Israel has declared in absentia, based mostly on forensic findings, intelligence, interrogations of captured militants, movies and testimonies of freed hostages of hostages died.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated in a speech to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday that the Israeli authorities was actively working to free the remaining hostages and that he believed the operation would achieve success.
An Israeli delegation will participate subsequent week in Gaza ceasefire and hostage launch talks mediated by america, Egypt and Qatar, officers stated on Wednesday.
Hamas needs a ceasefire to finish the conflict in Gaza, however Netanyahu says the conflict can not finish till Hamas is defeated.
