IDF says the bodies were found in an underground tunnel in the Rafah area in the Gaza Strip
Welcome back to the Guardian’s live coverage of the Israel-Gaza war and the wider crisis in the Middle East. Israeli military says the bodies of six hostages abducted by Hamas during the 7 October attack have been recovered in a tunnel in the Rafah area of the Gaza Strip, Reuters reports. The bodies of Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarusi, and Ori Danino were brought to Israel, it said in a statement.
The family of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin confirmed early Sunday that he had been killed in the Gaza Strip. More details on those stories shortly, in other key developments: Gaza’s heath ministry has begun a multi-day campaign to vaccinate children against polio and prevent the spread of the virus. Inoculations started a day before the large-scale rollout on Sunday and coincides with a humanitarian pause agreed by Israel and Hamas.
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