About 80 hostages held in Gaza are believed to be nonetheless alive, in keeping with the Israeli authorities.
Israel declared an extra 4 hostages useless on Monday.
Three of them had appeared in a video in December begging for his or her launch. In March, Hamas claimed the lads have been killed by Israeli strikes. Hamas stated quite a few hostages have been killed by Israel’s floor and air operations in Gaza.
Israel stated it has found the stays of hostages killed execution-style by Hamas.
Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed greater than 36,000 Palestinians, in keeping with Gaza’s Well being Ministry.
Protesters blocked a Tel Aviv freeway on Monday night time to demand the Israeli authorities attain an settlement with Hamas for the discharge of the surviving hostages.
