IDF says Hamas killed captives shortly before bodies found, as families’ group accuses Netanyahu of ‘abandoning’ abductees
Jonathan Polin and Rachel Goldberg, parents of the hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, at a demonstration by families of the hostages taken by Hamas.Jonathan Polin and Rachel Goldberg, parents of the hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, at a demonstration by families of the hostages taken by Hamas.
The news of the discovery of the hostages’ bodies brought calls for a mass protest from a hostage family organisation, which blamed the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, for failing to agree a hostage-for-peace deal with Hamas that has been under negotiation for several months. The organisation warned that the country would “tremble”.
Eight hostages have been rescued and more than 100 were released in an earlier temporary ceasefire deal in November. The discovery of the six bodies leaves about 100 hostages still unaccounted for in Gaza. The IDF has confirmed 35 of them are known to have died during the more than 10 months of war in Gaza since the 7 October 2023 attack by Hamas on Israel.
“The IDF and ISA send their heartfelt condolences to the families. The IDF and Israeli security forces are operating with all means to bring home all the hostages as fast as possible.” It said in a further statement on Sunday: “These six individuals were taken alive, endured the horrors of captivity and were then coldly murdered … A deal for the return of the hostages has been on the table for over two months. Were it not for the delays, sabotage and excuses, those whose deaths we learned about this morning would likely still be alive.”
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