Among them is US-Israeli citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin, US President Joe Biden announced in a statement on Sunday. Israel’s Foreign Ministry had shortly before released a statement from relatives in which they announced the death of “their beloved son and brother”. Israel’s military later confirmed the death of six hostages.
Israel’s army had previously announced that it had found several bodies during an operation in the Gaza Strip. “At this time, the troops are still deployed in the area and are conducting a process to recover and identify the bodies, which will take several hours,” the military announced on social media the evening before. It was initially unclear whether these were the bodies of Israeli hostages. The news sparked protests in Israel. The army did not initially provide any further details even early in the morning.
