Hamas’s armed wing said on Saturday that an Israeli woman taken hostage during the October 2023 attack had been killed in a combat zone in northern Gaza, as the Israeli military said it was investigating. The Israeli army told AFP it was looking into the claim. Ten female hostages, including five soldiers, were believed to remain alive in custody before Abu Obeida’s statement, according to an AFP tally. Our only reliable source is the Israeli army,” the group told AFP. Israel’s retaliatory campaign has killed 44,176 people in Gaza, according to figures from the Hamas-run territory’s health ministry that the UN considers reliable.

Source: The Guardian November 23, 2024 22:07 UTC