Israeli forces have recovered the physique of Yussef Ziyadne, an Israeli-Bedouin hostage kidnapped by Hamas throughout its October 7 assault, from a tunnel in Gaza’s Rafah space, the navy mentioned. Ziyadne, 53, was confirmed lifeless at Israel’s Nationwide Institute of Forensic Drugs after his physique was discovered on Tuesday. The navy on Wednesday mentioned he was “killed in captivity” and that proof discovered throughout the restoration operation raised “severe considerations” concerning the destiny of his son Hamza, who was additionally taken hostage, studies Xinhua information company.
Ziyadne and his three kids — Hamza, 22, Bilal, 18, and Aisha, 17 — had been kidnapped whereas working at Kibbutz Holit. Bilal and Aisha had been freed throughout a prisoner trade in November 2023. His household confirmed that they had been notified of the restoration. Of the 251 folks taken captive throughout Hamas’s assault on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, practically 100 stay in Gaza, with not less than 36 believed lifeless, in line with Israeli officers.
The invention got here as negotiators meet within the Qatari capital of Doha for contemporary talks on a possible ceasefire-hostage deal, although no breakthrough has been reported. Earlier on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s workplace mentioned that Hamas has not supplied a reputation checklist of Israeli hostages to be launched.
“Hamas has not transferred a reputation checklist of (Israeli) hostages thus far,” Netanyahu’s workplace mentioned in an announcement on Sunday, denying earlier media studies, which, citing a Hamas official, mentioned the group agreed to launch 34 hostages. Final week, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad motion mentioned Palestinian factions want every week to arrange and ship a listing of Israeli hostages for trade throughout the first section of a potential ceasefire deal, Israel’s state-owned Kan TV reported.
