The bodies of six refugees captured by Hamas on October 7 have been recovered from a tunnel in the Rafah area of the southern Gaza Strip, the Israeli military revealed on Sunday. All the victims have been named.
According to the Israeli army, Hirsch Goldberg Polin (23 years old), Idin Yerushalmi (24 years old), Uri Danino (25 years old), Alex Lubnov (32 years old), Carmel Gat (40 years old), and Almog Sarousi (25 years old), for Tomos Bellow Hamas in Boko. Pace. Before the army finds you.
Alex Lobnov (called Alexander Lobanov in Russian media) is a Russian-Israeli citizen. The Reféns II Family Forum, an organization representing parents of two Moravian children in Ashkelon, was married with two children. He was kidnapped at the Nova Music Festival, where he worked as a bar manager.
Recovery news revolves around appeals for “huge demonstration” The Rafyan Families Forum, which has criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for failing to reach a peace agreement with a group like Hamas, has been in negotiations for several months. Item wanted “Complete paralysis of the country and immediate implementation of the refugee release agreement.”
Hostilities between Israel and Hamas in Gaza escalated when the Palestinian militant group launched a surprise raid into southern Israel 10 months ago, killing nearly 1,100 people and making more than 200 refugees. Some were later released in prisoner trucks or rescued by the Israeli military. The massive Israeli military response has killed 40,700 people and wounded 94,060, according to Palestinian health authorities.
Talks to reach a truce and secure the release of Israeli refugees and Palestinian prisoners have been underway for months with media outlets from Qatar, the United States and Egypt. Hamas recently issued a renewed US proposal for refugee releases and a ceasefire, accusing Netanyahu of sabotaging the negotiations and blaming Washington for backing him. Israel has said it cannot meet Hamas’s demand to end the war in Gaza as a condition for a deal.
Last week, Reuters learned that Egypt was receiving delegations from the United States and Israel for another round of negotiations on a ceasefire in Gaza.
According to Israel, 251 Israelis and foreign nationals were captured during the October 7 attack, and 103 are still being held in Gaza.
