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JERUSALEM – International and domestic pressure has mounted on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as US President Joe Biden said he was not doing enough to secure the release of Gaza hostages, after the killing of six captives.
A statement said “new instructions” had been given to militants guarding the captives on what to do if Israeli troops approached. Vice President and the Democratic candidate for November’s US presidential election Kamala Harris said “Hamas leaders will pay”, but added it was “long past time for a ceasefire and hostage deal”.
Israel’s labour court ordered an immediate end to the strike, calling it “politically motivated”, after Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich — a far-right leader who opposes a Gaza truce — urged it to ban the strike. Of 251 hostages seized on October 7, just eight have been rescued alive by Israeli forces, although scores were released during a one-week truce in November — the only one so far.
Louise Wateridge, spokeswoman for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, said 87,000 children received a first vaccine dose on Sunday in central Gaza.
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