Israeli forces have found the bodies of two more hostages in the Gaza Strip.
The remains of Ilan Weiss and another unnamed captive were found just as Israel launched an offensive in the region.
Mr. Weiss, 33, was killed in the October 7, 2023 attack on Kibbutz Be'eri.
His body was seized by Hamas militants and held by the terrorist group for nearly two years.
His wife Shiri, 53, and daughter Noga, 18, were also taken hostage but were released during a week-long ceasefire in November 2023.
According to the Daily Mail, forensic experts are currently identifying the second body found.
According to official statistics, 48 Israeli hostages remain in the Gaza Strip, of which only 22 are considered alive.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country “will not rest” until the remaining hostages, both living and dead, are returned home.
The latest developments come after thousands of Palestinians were ordered to leave Gaza City ahead of a major Israeli military offensive.
The Israel Defense Forces said it would suspend humanitarian pauses to allow aid to reach Gaza while escalating its offensive.
Among the dead were Gazans looking for food.
Earlier this week, 20 people were killed in a double attack on a hospital.
The Israel Defense Forces said the strike targeted a Hamas surveillance camera.
The first strike hit the top floor of one of the hospital buildings.
The blast killed Reuters cameraman Hussam al-Masri, who was filming the scene, and another person, according to a fellow journalist and a hospital doctor.
Then medical workers in orange vests, journalists and relatives of patients hurried up an external staircase to the site of the first explosion.
The photos below show at least 16 people gathered on the stairs trying to help the victims. No one was seen holding a gun on the stairs.
Video footage taken by Al-Ghad TV shows the second strike, causing a loud roar and engulfing everyone on the stairs in smoke.
Hospital officials say the second strike killed 18 people.
The military did not specify why the bomb struck a second time or how it could have detected the militants among the crowd on the stairs.
The statement was released following a preliminary investigation into the attack, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a “tragic incident.”
He did not specify the nature of any error.
The war between Israel and Hamas has become one of the bloodiest conflicts for media workers.
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Sourse: metro.co.uk
