Elad Katzir, 47, whose body was recovered from Khan Younis, was killed by Islamic Jihad, according to statement
A man sits in a cage with portraits of 47-year-old Israeli hostage Elad Katzir in a Tel Aviv protest on 26 March.A man sits in a cage with portraits of 47-year-old Israeli hostage Elad Katzir in a Tel Aviv protest on 26 March.Israeli commandos have recovered the body of a hostage held in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, the military said.Katzir was killed by Islamic Jihad, the military statement said, citing intelligence information, but gave no further details.
Qatari and Egyptian mediators have been trying to secure another truce that might return some of the 129 remaining hostages. Hamas wants any deal to end the war, which Gaza health officials say has killed more than 33,000 Palestinians. But Israel intends to fight on until Hamas falls. In an 8 January video posted by Islamic Jihad online, Katzir said: “I was close to dying more than once. It’s a miracle I’m still alive … I want to tell my family that I love them very much and I miss them very much.”
Based on various sources of information, Israel has declared at least 35 hostages as dead in Gaza captivity. Palestinian factions have said some were killed in Israeli strikes. While confirming this in several cases, Israel says that, in others, hostages whose bodies were recovered bore signs that they were killed by their captors.On Tuesday 30 April, 7-8.
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