Israel recovers six dead hostages

JERUSALEM.— The Israeli army He said yesterday that recovered the bodies of six hostages captured in cross-border attack Hamas of October 7which caused the war in Gaza.

Meanwhile, Arab and U.S. mediators were trying to reach a deal to halt the fighting and free dozens of captives still held by the insurgents.

Israeli troops recovered the bodies during a night operation in the south of the Stripthe army explained, without indicating how or when they died.

A group of relatives stated that were captured alive.

Hamas claims that Some of the hostages were killed or injured. in Israeli airstrikes.

Meanwhile, an Israeli airstrike yesterday killed at least 10 people in a school converted into a shelter in the Gaza Cityin what the military called a precise attack against a command center Hamas. Another attack killed a mother and her five children in the centre of the besieged enclave.

The recovery of the hostages’ remains is a setback for Hamas, which hopes to exchange the captives for Palestinian prisoners, the withdrawal of Israeli troops and a lasting truce. It is also likely to increase pressure on the Israeli government to reach a deal to free the dozens of hostages believed to be still alive.

Victims identified

The Israeli military identified the remains of Chaim Perry and Yoram Metzger, both 80; Avraham Munder, 79; Alexander Dancyg, 76; Nadav Popplewell, 51, and Yagev Buchshtav, 35.

Metzger, Munder, Popplewell and Buchshtav had relatives who were kidnapped in the attack but were released.

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