The captives have been killed shortly earlier than they have been present in a tunnel, the IDF says
The our bodies of six hostages captured by Hamas militants on October 7 have been retrieved from a tunnel within the Rafah space of southern Gaza, the Israeli army mentioned on Sunday. All of the victims have been named.
In keeping with the Israeli Protection Forces (IDF), Hersh Goldberg-Polin, aged 23, Eden Yerushalmi, 24, Ori Danino, 25, Alex Lubnov, 32, Carmel Gat, 40, and Almog Sarusi, 25 have been killed by Hamas a short while earlier than the army discovered them.
Alex Lubnov (named Aleksander Lobanov within the Russian media) was a twin Russian-Israeli citizen. In keeping with the Hostage Households Discussion board, an organisation representing family members of the captives, he lived in Ashkelon, was married, and had two kids. He was reportedly kidnapped from the NOVA music pageant, the place he was working as a bar supervisor.
The information of the restoration introduced requires “a large demonstration” from the Hostage Households Discussion board, which has criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for failing to agree a hostage-for-peace cope with Hamas that had been below negotiation a number of months. It has demanded “a whole halt of the nation and the rapid implementation of a deal to launch the hostages.”
Hostilities between Israel and Hamas in Gaza flared up when the Palestinian militant group performed a shock incursion into southern Israel ten months in the past, killing round 1,100 individuals and taking greater than 200 others hostage. Some have been later launched by way of prisoner swaps or rescued by the Israeli military. The huge Israeli army response has claimed practically 40,700 lives, whereas 94,060 individuals have been wounded, in line with Palestinian well being officers.
Talks to carry a few truce and safe the discharge of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners have been performed for months with mediation from Qatar, the US, and Egypt. Final month, Hamas rejected a renewed US proposal for a hostage launch and ceasefire deal, accusing Netanyahu of sabotaging negotiations, and blaming Washington for supporting him. Israel mentioned it couldn’t settle for Hamas’ demand to finish the conflict in Gaza as a situation for a deal.
Final week, Reuters reported that Egypt was internet hosting US and Israeli delegations for one more spherical of talks on a Gaza ceasefire.
In keeping with Israel, 251 Israelis and overseas nationals have been taken throughout the 7 October raid, and 103 are nonetheless being held in Gaza.
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