Army spokesman Colonel Peter Lerner told reporters: “We located the bodies of some of the Israelis who were kidnapped within an area in the Gaza Strip and found them.”
Hamas’ surprise attack included taking an unknown number of hostages and bringing them into the country Gaza stripwhich is currently being subjected to heavy aerial bombardment from Israel.
For their part, the families of the Israeli hostages sent an appeal aiming to reach an agreement “by midnight” to urgently deliver medicines to their relatives who have been detained for seven days, as they urgently need them to survive.
Ronen Tzur, head of the Forum for Families of Hostages and Missing Persons in Tel Aviv, said: “We demand that an agreement be reached by midnight to transfer medicines to the hostages.”
He added, “We expect to get answers from the International Committee of the Red Cross tonight.”
And it was Israeli army He announced during the past few days that he is working to rescue Israelis who have been detained by Hamas and Islamic Jihad since the attack on Saturday. The government press office explained that Hamas kidnapped at least 100 people. Hamas and Islamic Jihad confirmed that they captured “many soldiers.”
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