This undated picture supplied by the Hostages Households Discussion board exhibits Avraham Munder, who was held hostage by Hamas militants in Gaza. On Tuesday, Kibbutz Nir Oz introduced Munder died whereas in Hamas captivity.
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JERUSALEM — The Israeli navy mentioned Tuesday that it recovered the our bodies of six hostages taken in Hamas’ Oct. 7 assault that began the warfare in Gaza, as U.S. and Arab mediators tried to advance an settlement to halt the preventing and launch scores of different militant-held captives.
The navy mentioned its forces recovered the our bodies in an in a single day operation in southern Gaza, with out saying when or how the six died. A discussion board for hostage households mentioned they had been kidnapped alive. Hamas says some captives have been killed and wounded in Israeli airstrikes.
An Israeli airstrike on Tuesday killed at the least 10 individuals at a school-turned-shelter in Gaza Metropolis, in what the navy mentioned was a exact strike on a Hamas command heart. One other strike killed a mom and her 5 youngsters in central Gaza.
This undated picture exhibits Nadav Popplewell, who was held hostage by Hamas militants in Gaza. On Tuesday, the Hostages Households Discussion board introduced the dying of Popplewell whereas in Hamas captivity.
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The restoration of the stays is a blow to Hamas, which hopes to change hostages for Palestinian prisoners, an Israeli withdrawal and a long-lasting cease-fire. However it was additionally more likely to improve strain on Israel’s authorities to achieve a deal to free dozens of hostages who’re nonetheless believed to be alive.
This undated picture exhibits Yoram Metzger, who was held hostage by Hamas militants in Gaza. On Tuesday, the Hostages Households Discussion board introduced Metzger’s dying whereas in Hamas captivity.
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The navy mentioned it had recognized the stays of Chaim Perry, 80; Yoram Metzger, 80; Avraham Munder, 79; Alexander Dancyg, 76; Nadav Popplewell, 51; and Yagev Buchshtav, 35. Metzger, Munder, Popplewell and Buchshtav had relations who had been additionally kidnapped however freed throughout a November cease-fire.
Munder’s dying was confirmed on Tuesday by Kibbutz Nir Oz, the farming group the place he was amongst round 80 residents who had been taken captive. It mentioned he died “after enduring months of bodily and psychological torture.” Israeli authorities had beforehand decided that the opposite 5 had been deceased.
This undated picture exhibits Haim Peri, who was held hostage by Hamas militants in Gaza. On Tuesday, the Hostages Households Discussion board introduced the dying of Peri whereas in Hamas captivity.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the restoration effort and mentioned “our hearts ache for the horrible loss.”
“The State of Israel will proceed to make each effort to return all of our hostages — each alive and useless,” he mentioned in an announcement.
This undated picture exhibits Yagev Buchshtab, who was held hostage by Hamas militants in Gaza. On Tuesday, the Hostages Households Discussion board introduced the dying of Buchshtab whereas in Hamas captivity.
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Israeli Protection Minister Yoav Gallant additionally praised the operation, which he mentioned had been carried out inside Hamas’ huge tunnel community. There have been no quick studies of any casualties amongst Israelis or Palestinians within the restoration operation.
Hamas continues to be believed to be holding round 110 hostages captured within the Oct. 7 assault. Israeli authorities estimate round a 3rd of them are useless.
This undated picture exhibits Alex Dancyg, who was held hostage by Hamas militants in Gaza. On Tuesday, the Hostages Households Discussion board introduced the dying of Dancyg whereas in Hamas captivity.
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Blinken, who’s on his ninth go to to the area for the reason that begin of the warfare, mentioned Monday that Netanyahu has accepted a proposal to bridge gaps within the cease-fire talks, which have dragged on for months, and referred to as on Hamas to do the identical.
Hamas has accused the USA of embracing Israeli calls for and making an attempt to impose them on the militant group. There nonetheless seem like huge gaps between the 2 sides, together with Israel’s demand for lasting management over two strategic corridors in Gaza, which Hamas has rejected.
Hamas-led militants burst by way of Israel’s defenses on Oct. 7 and rampaged throughout the south, killing some 1,200 individuals, principally civilians, and taking round 250 individuals hostage. Over 100 hostages had been launched in change for Palestinians imprisoned in Israel throughout a weeklong cease-fire final 12 months.
Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed over 40,000 Palestinians, in keeping with Gaza’s Well being Ministry, which doesn’t say what number of had been militants. Air and floor operations have brought on widespread destruction and compelled the overwhelming majority of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents to flee their properties, usually a number of instances. Assist teams concern the outbreak of illnesses like polio.
The Palestinian Civil Protection, first responders working beneath the Hamas-run authorities, mentioned the strike on the Mustafa Hafez faculty in Gaza Metropolis killed at the least 10 individuals and that they had been nonetheless looking for survivors. It mentioned round 700 individuals had been sheltering on the faculty when it was hit.
The Israeli navy mentioned the strike focused Hamas militants who had arrange a command heart inside the college and had been planning and launching assaults.
An Israeli airstrike in central Gaza killed 5 youngsters and their mom, in keeping with the close by Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, the place an Related Press reporter counted the our bodies. The hospital mentioned the daddy, Alaa Abu Zeid, a schoolteacher, has been in Israeli detention for the final 9 months.
The mediators have been making an attempt to finalize a proposal for a three-phase course of through which Hamas would launch all of the hostages in return for the discharge of extra Palestinian prisoners, an Israeli withdrawal from the territory and a long-lasting truce.
Blinken traveled to Egypt on Tuesday and was additionally anticipated to carry talks in Qatar. The 2 Arab nations have performed a key function in mediating with Hamas.
