JERUSALEM, Israel – Israelis were saddened to learn Monday that more bodies of the Hamas-held hostages have been found as the U.S. continues the pressure on Israel to agree to a ceasefire.
The Israeli military confirmed the deaths of four hostages while they were being held captive in Gaza.
IDF Spokesman Daniel Hagari announced, “Their loved ones were killed a few months ago during Hamas captivity in Gaza and their bodies are still being held by Hamas. We assess that the four of them were killed while together in the area of Khan Younis during our operation there against Hamas.”
Three of the men from Kibbutz Nir Oz were seen alive in an earlier Hamas propaganda video.
“Hamas is holding women, children, the sick, and the elderly hostage in Gaza.,” Hagari stated. “We will keep on doing everything we need for their freedom, to bring them home. This is what any other decent country in the world would do.”
The Biden administration claims the remaining hostages could be freed and the war would end if Israel and Hamas would accept a ceasefire backed by the White House.
The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thompson is urging the U.N. Security Council to support the three-phase
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