Hamas returned to Israel for four women hostage in Gaza
Larry Albag, Kareena Arif, Daniel Gulbah and Nama Levi have returned to Israel after being released by Hamas in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
Israeli officials announced Tuesday that a survivor of the Holocaust, who was the oldest hostage in Hamas, was captured by Hamas.
Israeli defense forces said 86 -year -old Shillumo Mansoor was killed on October 7, 2023 by Hamas militants, the day the group launched a massive attack on Israel, which gave rise to the war in the Gaza Strip, And Israeli defense forces have taken his body hostage in Gaza.
Mansoor was abducted by Hamas from his home in a pigeon kosovim in northwestern Israel. As a child, he survived violent Pogooms against Jews in Iraq during World War II.
Israel said it had informed Mansoor’s family about his death.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement, “We will not be comfortable or silent until we return to our grave in Israel.”
Netanyahu promised that Israel would continue to emphasize the return of all the kidnapped people – “both alive and the alive.”
News of Mansoor’s death came to light when the world awaits the release of additional hostages as part of a ceasefire and hostage agreement, which aims to end the 15 -month war in Gaza.
Hamas agreed to issue 33 hostages in the first phase of the deal, which lasts for 42 days. Under the agreement, seventeen hostages have not yet been issued. Three -eight are still being held in Gaza. Israel believes some hostages are still being killed.
The offer of three prisoners released last week has raised concerns about the physical condition of the prisoners. Three-Eli Sharbi, 52, or Levy, 34, and Ohd Bean Amy, 56-folded, weak and pale, and worse than the 18 hostages who were previously released under this war, last month. It was agreed.
On Monday, Hamas announced that it would stop issuing Israeli hostages as long as further information about it was Israeli violation of the Israeli agreement.
In response, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said that Hamas violated the ceasefire agreement with its declaration and directed the military to advance advanced preparations in Gaza and Israeli communities. Defend.
In Washington, President Donald Trump issued an ultimatum to Hamas on Monday, saying that Israel should cancel the ceasefire unless every hostage held near Hamas should be issued by noon on Saturday.
Trump told reporters in the White House that if the hostages were not released, “all hell is about to end.”
Trump did not specify what steps he could do, just saying that Hamas “would know me.”
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