Roughly 125 living and dead hostages now remain in Gaza, according to Israeli authorities. Talks to secure their return have stalled.
Already a subscriber?Israeli forces retrieved the bodies of three October 7 Hamas attack victims in an overnight operation in northern Gaza, the Israeli military said on Friday,Israeli officials identified the three hostages as Hanan Yablonka, 42; Michel Nisenbaum, 59; and Orion Hernandez Radoux, a dual citizen of France and Mexico. According to Rear Adm.
On Thursday, the Israeli prime minister’s office said the war Cabinet had ordered its negotiating team to continue talks to reach a deal, but prospects appeared remote as, in southern Gaza. The Israeli government has faced rising criticism by some of the hostages’ family members, who say it has not gone far enough to reach an agreement.
The bodies were all found in Jabalia, where the Israeli military has been operating since early this month in an attempt to root out a renewed Hamas insurgency. Four of the bodies, including Louk’s, were held in an underground tunnel, the Israeli military said.
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