Israel has not said how it learned of the death of Dror Or, who was kidnapped on 7 October
where he had lived. It was one of the communities hardest hit in the Hamas attack on southern Israel from the, aged 17 and 13, were abducted and then freed in November as part of a ceasefire and hostages-for- prisoners swap deal between Israel and Hamas.
Israel’s retaliatory offensive against Hamas has killed at least 34,596 people in Gaza, mostly women and children, according to the Hamas-run territory’s health ministry.“Turkey will strictly and decisively implement these new measures until the Israeli government allows an uninterrupted and sufficient flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza.
“We are heartbroken to share that Dror Or who was kidnapped by Hamas on 7 October, had been confirmed as murdered and his body is being held in Gaza,” the Israeli government said on X. The two children and their brotherA woman holds a poster bearing the image of 43-year-old Israeli hostage Dror Or who has now been confirmed dead by Israel’s government.The government did not say how it learned of the death of Or.
“We are heartbroken to share that Dror Or who was kidnapped by Hamas on 7 October, had been confirmed as murdered and his body is being held in Gaza,” the Israeli government said on X.More on that in a moment, but first here is a round up of other main events.“The scale of the destruction is huge and unprecedented,” UN assistant secretary general Abdallah al-Dardari told a press conference in Amman, Jordan.
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