stormed southern israel from gaza, and more than 100 israelis remain in captivity. people are urging their government to reach a deal with hamas for hostages to be freed, and they also want their prime minister to go. he should resign after what happened six months ago. the war start and hamas and everything. he claims that he wants to go to a war and make hamas go away and bring all the hostages home, back home. for one israeli family, the hope is over. elad katzir, kidnapped from kibbutz nir oz, his body returned from gaza today. the israeli military says he was murdered in captivity by the islamichhad group injanuary. and that special forces recovered his body in khan younis overnight. during the attack in october, his father was killed. his mother was abducted, but later released. in a facebook post, his sister blamed the israeli government for his death, saying, he could have been brought back alive if there had been a deal with hamas and said the israeli leadership wa
allison kaplan sommer is a journalist at israeli newspaper, haaretz, and host of the haaretz podcast. i asked her about the pressure on the israeli government to rescue hostages held in gaza the israelis are not eager to see the war over without any guarantee that this is going to create a sense of security on it s that this is going to create a sense of security on its southern and northern borders. there is definitely increasing pressure led by hostage families for them to reach a deal which returns to israel. ~ . . , , reach a deal which returns to israel. ~ . , israel. what has been said? there has been a israel. what has been said? there has been a lot israel. what has been said? there has been a lot of israel. what has been said? there has been a lot of pressure - israel. what has been said? there has been a lot of pressure by - israel. what has been said? there| has been a lot of pressure by allies when it comes to the amount of civilian deaths, as well as the dea
from within his own party to pause arms sales to israel. nearly forty congressional democrats have signed a letter calling for no further weapons to be sent until a full investigation is completed into monday s air strike on an aid convoy in gaza. it says the strike on the trucks along with the ever worsening humanitarian crisis in gaza makes it unjustifiable to approve further weapons deliveries. the politicians who have signed the letter include one of mr biden s key allies the former speaker of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi. this letter comes as a growing number of countries are calling for an independent investigation into that israeli strike on aid workers. on friday, the idf published the findings of an investigation into the deadly attack. britain has echoed calls by the charity world central kitchen for an independent review. of those seven aid workers killed, three were british nationals. the british foreign secretary, lord cameron, said london
and that his body was found in khan younis overnight. during the attack on a kibbutz in october, elad s father was killed and his mother was abducted but freed in a deal in november. in a facebook post, his sister blamed the israeli government for his death. in gaza, a desperate wait for food amid warnings of famine. aid deliveries have been, at best, sporadic, but when help does arrive, people rush to get it. translation: when we were displaced at the beginning, we used to eat - rotten bread because of the high prices of food here. this is the only place where i can get food for my children. the attack on a convoy that killed seven aid workers this week has put even more pressure on israel. from the us came a warning it should do more to boost humanitarian assistance and protect civilians and aid workers or risk losing american support. the world food programme has been able to serve 1 million people every month with food because they completely depend on us. but we have c
israel six months ago, his body returned from gaza today. the israeli military says he was murdered in captivity by the islamicjihad group. and that his body was found in khan younis overnight. during the attack on a kibbutz in october, elad s father was killed and his mother was abducted but freed in a deal in november. in a facebook post, his sister blamed the israeli government for his death. in gaza, a desperate wait for food amid warnings of famine. aid deliveries have been, at best, sporadic, but when help does arrive, people rush to get it. translation: when we were displaced at the beginning, we used to eat - rotten bread because of the high prices of food here. this is the only place where i can get food for my children. the attack on a convoy that killed seven aid workers this week has put even more pressure on israel. from the us came a warning it should do more to boost humanitarian assistance and protect civilians and aid workers or risk losing american support