The Israeli army mentioned on Wednesday that it had found out the frame of a hostage taken from Israel on Oct. 7, 2023 in an underground tunnel within the house of Rafah within the Gaza Strip, in conjunction with proof that raises questions in regards to the state of any other, comparable captive.The deceased hostage was once recognized as Youssef Ziyadne of Rahat, an Arab Bedouin town in southern Israel. Mr. Ziyadne, who was once in his 50s, and 3 of his grown kids, have been kidnapped from a kibbutz the place he and two of the kids were operating all the way through the Hamas-led assault on Israel that ignited the warfare in Gaza.Two of Mr. Ziyadne’s kids, Bilal and Aisha, each of their past due teenagers, have been launched all the way through a short lived truce and trade of hostages for Palestinian prisoners in November 2023.However the father and his grownup son, Hamza Ziyadne, about 22 on the time of his abduction, remained in captivity. The Israeli army famous that the similar operation that resulted in the invention of Youssef Ziyadne’s frame additionally published “findings” associated with Hamza, “which lift critical issues for his existence.”The announcement {that a} hostage were discovered useless, and that the destiny of any other is unsure, got here because the households of captives and President-elect Donald J. Trump were pressuring Israel and Hamas to near a deal that may result in a cease-fire and the go back of the remainder captives prior to Mr. Trump takes place of business later this month.Of the 250 hostages taken on Oct. 7, 2023, about 100 stay held in Gaza, with a 3rd or extra of the ones nonetheless there presumed useless.Thanks to your persistence whilst we check get right of entry to. In case you are in Reader mode please go out and log into your Occasions account, or subscribe for all of The Occasions.Thanks to your persistence whilst we check get right of entry to.Already a subscriber? Log in.Need all of The Occasions? Subscribe.
