Israeli hostage’s body recovered in gas, says IDF

The body of Israeli hostage Ilan Weiss was restored to an operation in the Gaza Strip, the military in Israel said.

The 56 -year -old Weiss was killed during a Hamas attack in southern Israel on October 7, 2023.

The remains of a second hostage whose identity has not yet been released have also been restored, says Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).

Israel launched a large -scale offensive in Gaza after the attack, which killed 1,200 people and 251 returned to the territory as hostages.

After the last message, 48 hostages remain in gas – 20 of which Israel believes are still alive.

Ilan Weiss was killed while defending Kibbutz Berry on the day of the attack. His body is taken to gas.

Weiss’s wife, Shiri and daughter, but were taken as hostages from Hamas on the same day. They were released during a temporary termination of fire in November 2023.

“Ilan showed the courage and a noble spirit when he struggled with the terrorists on that dark day,” said Israeli President Isaac The Duke, before praising “the exceptional power of Weiss’s family in their fight for his return.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing a strong internal pressure to agree to a deal that would allow the return of all hostages to still capture.

Huge protests are being held to end the war, as Israel insists forward with its plan to take over the city of Gaza and ultimately establish control over the entire strip. Netanyahu claims that Hamas’s defeat will ensure the hostages release.

The military in the country say it has begun the “original stages” of its advance in Gaza.

IDF said the planned pause in hostilities, which had to come into force at 10:00 (07:00 GMT), would not be applied in Gaza. It states that this is in line with the situational assessment and the directives of the political echelon. ”

In recent days, Israel has made air strikes in the city of Gaza and advised residents to make their way to improvised dwellings south of the Gaza Strip.

On August 14, on the day the offensive was announced, about 20,000 people were displaced south of the town of Gaza in addition to about 40,000 moving north, according to the UN office for humanitarian affairs.

Western countries – and the UN – have warned that surgery in an area of ​​Gaza, where more than a million people live, would have pernicious consequences.

The greater part of the Gaza population is repeatedly displaced.

More than 90% of homes are estimated at damaged or destroyed and health, water, sanitary and hygiene have collapsed.

Last week, no supported body that monitors the levels of hunger around the world, increased the status of nutritional insecurity in parts of gas to the highest and highest -confirming hunger for the first time. Israel denies that there is a hunger in the territory.

At least 62,966 Palestinians have been killed by Israel’s military campaign in Gaza since the start of the war, according to the health ministry in the territory.