Hamas says a feminine hostage has been killed throughout Israeli operations in northern Gaza.
The girl’s identification was not revealed, and it was unclear how or when she is claimed to have died.
The Israel Protection Forces (IDF) mentioned it was at present unable to “confirm or refute” the declare, however that its representatives are involved with the girl’s household.
“This night the terrorist group Hamas launched a doc during which a kidnapped lady is allegedly seen killed,” the IDF mentioned in a press release. “We’re checking the data and at this stage we’re unable to confirm or refute it.”
Hamas claimed that communication with the girl’s captors had just lately been restored after a number of weeks, resulting in the invention of her demise.
Abu Ubeida, spokesman for Hamas’s navy wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, mentioned one other feminine hostage who the girl was held with had been injured and that her life was endangered.
Israeli authorities consider there are round 60 dwelling hostages remaining in Gaza – and the our bodies of dozens of others who’re believed to be useless.
The information got here as Israel pressed forward with its operations throughout Gaza on Saturday.
Based on the territory’s Hamas-run well being ministry, about 120 individuals have been killed by Israeli airstrikes throughout the territory prior to now 48 hours.
Israel launched a marketing campaign to destroy Hamas in response to the group’s unprecedented assault on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, during which about 1,200 individuals have been killed and 251 others have been taken hostage.
Practically 44,000 individuals have been killed and greater than 104,000 injured in Gaza since then, in keeping with the territory’s Hamas-run well being ministry.
