Body Recovered in Gaza’s Khan Younis Amid Tense Search for Missing Israeli Hostages

Описание: A body was recovered in Gaza's Khan Younis on Tuesday (October 28) during the search for missing hostages taken during Hamas militants' attack on southern Israel in October 2023. A Reuters video showed masked Hamas militants heading to a tunnel and they were later seen carrying the body on a stretcher to an ambulance, as crowds applauded around the excavation site. Hamas's armed wing Al-Qassam Brigades said it would postpone the planned handover on Tuesday of the body of a missing hostage it had recovered, citing what it said were Israel's violations of the ceasefire in Gaza. The group also said on the Telegram messaging app that any Israeli escalation of attacks in Gaza would hinder search and recovery operations and delay the return of the bodies of Israeli soldiers. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he had ordered the military to "carry out forceful strikes" in Gaza after accusing the militant group Hamas of violating a ceasefire agreement in the Palestinian territory. A statement by Netanyahu's office did not specify the reason for the planned attacks. However an Israeli military official said Hamas violated the ceasefire by carrying out an attack against Israeli forces in an area under Israeli control. Netanyahu earlier said tests had shown that remains handed over the previous day belonged to a hostage whose body had been recovered earlier in the war, and not one of 13 still missing. Hamas said it was complying with the ceasefire terms and Netanyahu was looking for excuses to back away from Israel's obligations.

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