/ 21 August 2024

More hostages’ bodies recovered in Gaza

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Six of them, in fact… They were retrieved by the Israel Defense Forces from underground tunnels in the Khan Younis area on Monday. These were people taken by Hamas terrorists from their kibbutz homes during the 7 October attacks and have been identified as Yagev Buchshtab, Alexander Dancyg, Avraham Munder, Yoram Metzger, Chaim Peri and British/Israeli citizen Nadav Popplewell. The deaths of 5 of the men were already known before this week. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said “Our hearts ache for the terrible loss”. It comes as the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has moved onto Qatar as he and representatives from nations like Egypt up the diplomatic effort to secure a Gaza ceasefire and a hostage release deal. He says Israel has moved some way towards agreeing, and has urged Hamas to do the same. 

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