Led by hamas militants on october 7th. During that assault, his father was murdered, while his mother was abducted then later released. The israeli army said the body of elad katzir was retrieved from the khan younis area of southern gaza. It said its mission to search for hostages, and return them to israel, would continue. Allison Kaplan Sommer is a journalist at israeli newspaper, haaretz. She said the news has been greeted with dismay by the families of israeli hostages. They want their hostages back. They want them alive. As many as still remain alive. And the mood was encapsulated by a Facebook Post from elad katzir s sister, she posted. Basically, she was the one who announced as much as the israeli army announced that her brothers body had been recovered and returned to israel. And she wrote on facebook, youre going to hear from the army about their Daring Rescue operation in which they got my brothers body and returned it to israel. And she said, dont let anyone fool you. This
it comes as a senior un aid official warned that half of gaza s population is starving, saying deliveries of food are now almost impossible because of the fierce fighting and aerial bombardment. our middle east correspondent yolande knell has the latest. the misery of life under canvas. fourin the misery of life under canvas. four in five gazans have now fled their home and they are still fighting to survive, with severe shortages of food and drinking water. aid agencies say they are struggling to deliver the basics, even close to the egypt order where supplies come in. supplies come in. humanitarian aid at the moment supplies come in. humanitarian aid at the moment is supplies come in. humanitarian aid at the moment is the supplies come in. humanitarian aid at the moment is the only - supplies come in. humanitarian aid at the moment is the only lifeline l at the moment is the only lifeline for people and we are simply not able to get the access that we need to get t
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a senior un official has warned that half of population of gaza are now starving, as israel continues its assault on the territory. the world food programme s deputy director, carl skau, says nine out of ten people are not eating every day. israeli tanks are reported to be advancing slowly towards the centre of khan younis, as intense battles continue in southern gaza. there are reports of house to house fighting in the city. it comes amid fierce criticism of the us, for vetoing a united nations security council draft resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the israel gaza war. the palestinian president mahmoud abbas says the veto makes the us complicit in what he describes as war crimes against palestinians. in a statement, he condemns the american position as a flagrant violation of all humanitarian principles and values, and he holds the us responsible for the bloodshed of palestinian children, women and elderly people in the gaza strip. the us envoy
israeli tanks are reported to be advancing slowly towards the centre of khan younis, as intense battles continue in southern gaza. there are reports of house to house fighting in the city. it comes amid fierce criticism of the us, for vetoing a united nations security council draft resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the israel gaza war. the palestinian president mahmoud abbas says the veto makes the us complicit in what he describes as war crimes against palestinians. in a a statement, he condemns the american position as a flagrant violation of all humanitarian principles and values . and he holds the us responsible for the bloodshed of palestinian children, women and elderly people in the gaza strip . the us envoy to the un said such a ceasefire would be dangerous and unrealistic. every other member of the council backed the resolution apart from the uk, which abstained. from jerusalem, hugo bachega sent this report and a warning it does conta