The body of a deceased hostage was found this Thursday near Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza. The Israeli army claims she was murdered “by terrorists” from the Palestinian Islamist movement.
The lifeless body of a hostage was found in Gaza. The Israeli army announced on Thursday that it had discovered near Al-Shifa Hospital the body of Yehudit Weiss, a 65-year-old Israeli citizen who was kidnapped on October 7 at Kibbutz Beeri during Hamas attacks against the state had been. Hebrew. According to the IDF, this woman was “murdered by terrorists” in the Palestinian enclave.
His body “was recovered by Israeli army troops from a building next to Al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip and transferred to Israeli territory,” an army statement said. “Military equipment was also found in the building where Yehudit was located, including Kalashnikov rifles and rocket launchers.”
Al-Shifa Hospital, epicenter of the fighting
It is the first time since the Israeli army’s military offensive against Hamas that one of the hostages has been found in the Gaza Strip. According to Tel Aviv, around 240 people were kidnapped on the day of the attacks and 1,200 died, according to the authorities’ latest report.
On Wednesday, the Israeli army launched a major raid on Al-Shifa Hospital, the largest health facility in Gaza that serves as Hamas’ command center.
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Since Israel’s armed response began, Hamas has claimed that the Israeli army has killed dozens of hostages in its intensive bombardment of the territory. In just over a month, only five people, two Americans and three Israelis, have been released by the Islamist group.
TA with AFP