Hamas says a feminine hostage has been killed throughout Israeli operations in northern Gaza.
The lady’s identification was not revealed, and it was unclear how or when she is claimed to have died.
The Israel Protection Forces (IDF) mentioned it was at the moment unable to “confirm or refute” the declare, however that its representatives are involved with the lady’s household.
“This night the terrorist group Hamas launched a doc through which a kidnapped lady is allegedly seen killed,” the IDF mentioned in an announcement. “We’re checking the knowledge and at this stage we’re unable to confirm or refute it.”
Hamas claimed that communication with the lady’s captors had lately been restored after a number of weeks, resulting in the invention of her loss of life.
Abu Ubeida, spokesman for Hamas’s army wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, mentioned one other feminine hostage who the lady was held with had been injured and that her life was endangered.
Israeli authorities consider there are round 60 residing hostages remaining in Gaza – and the our bodies of dozens of others who’re believed to be useless.
The information got here as Israel pressed forward with its operations throughout Gaza on Saturday.
In keeping with the territory’s Hamas-run well being ministry, about 120 folks have been killed by Israeli airstrikes throughout the territory prior to now 48 hours.
Israel launched a marketing campaign to destroy Hamas in response to the group’s unprecedented assault on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, through which about 1,200 folks have been killed and 251 others have been taken hostage.
Practically 44,000 folks have been killed and greater than 104,000 injured in Gaza since then, in accordance with the territory’s Hamas-run well being ministry.