Hugo bachega reports. Elad katzir kidnapped in southern 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, elads 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
And that his body was found in khan younis overnight. During the attack on a kibbutz in october, elads 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 challenges. We do
Launching a mission to bring all hostages home. In the brutal war that has followed, at least 33,000 palestinians have been killed, according to the hamas run health ministry, and large parts of gaza have been destroyed. The un has called the situation in gaza a humanitarian catastrophe. Protests have been taking place in tel aviv to mark the six month anniversary. Families of the hostages rallied together as well as thousands of Anti Government demonstrators, calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to come to an agreement that ends the fighting and brings the remaining hostages home. On saturday, the Israeli Military has recovered the body of a hostage in gaza during an overnight operation. It accused the islamichhad group of murdering the man, whos been identified as 47 year old elad katzir. Israel said its mission to search for hostages and return them to israel would continue. From jerusalem, hugo bachega reports. Elad katzir kidnapped in southern israel six months ago, his bo