Israel says bodies of six Hamas hostages recovered in Gaza

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******* says bodies of six ****** hostages recovered in Gaza

******* says its forces have recovered the bodies of six hostages held by ****** in the Gaza Strip.

In a statement, the ******* Defense Forces (IDF) said the bodies were located on Saturday in an underground tunnel in the Rafah area.

The IDF named the hostages as Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarusi and Master Sgt Ori Danino.

US President Joe Biden said Mr Goldberg-Polin was an ********* citizen. “I am devastated and outraged,” Mr Biden said.

In its statement on Sunday morning, the IDF said the bodies had been “returned to ******** territory”.

“They were all taken ******** on 7 October [2023] and were murdered by the ****** ********** organisation in the Gaza Strip.”

The statement added that their families had already been notified.

Meanwhile, President Biden said in a statement that “Hersh was among the innocents brutally attacked while attending a music festival for peace in ******* on 7 October”.

“He lost his arm helping friends and strangers during ******’ savage massacre. He had just turned 23. He planned to travel the world.

“I have gotten to know his parents, Jon and Rachel. They have been courageous, wise, and steadfast, even as they have endured the unimaginable,” Mr Biden said.

The ******** military launched a campaign in Gaza to ******** ****** in response to the unprecedented ******* on southern ******* on 7 October, during which about 1,200 people were ******* and 251 others were taken ********.

More than 40,530 people have been ******* in Gaza since then, according to the territory’s ******-run health ministry.

US, Egyptian and Qatari mediators are trying to broker a ceasefire deal that would see ****** release the 97 hostages still being held, including at least 27 who are presumed *****, in exchange for ************ prisoners in ******** jails.

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