The Israeli military claims to have recovered the body of another hostage kidnapped in the Gaza Strip. As the army announced this morning, this is a 28-year-old man who was kidnapped by Hamas during the massacre perpetrated by Islamic Hamas and other groups in Israel and taken to Gaza. His family has been informed, he said. The army initially provided no information about the cause of death.
The army recently reported that the number of people still detained in Gaza was 135. It is unclear whether hostages who have since been declared dead are included. Israeli soldiers have recovered several bodies in the Gaza Strip since the start of the Gaza war.
According to Israeli sources, a total of around 240 people were kidnapped in the unprecedented attack by the terrorist organization Hamas and other extremists on Israel's border towns. A total of 105 hostages were recently released as part of an agreement between the Jerusalem government and Hamas. In return, Israel released 240 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons.