Bullets found in bodies of Israeli hostages retrieved from Gaza By Reuters

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Bullets had been discovered within the our bodies of the six Israeli hostages retrieved from Gaza this week, the Israeli army and the Hostage Households Discussion board marketing campaign group mentioned on Thursday.

The army informed Reuters it retrieved one other 4 our bodies alongside its hostages, presumed to be Hamas militants, and that these our bodies didn’t present indicators of bullet wounds.

The feedback got here a day after U.S. President Joe Biden pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the urgency of sealing a deal for a truce between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and the discharge of hostages held by Palestinian militants there.

A complete of 109 hostages are believed to stay in Gaza. A couple of third of them are regarded as lifeless, with the destiny of the others unknown.

“In each minute that the deal just isn’t accomplished, one other hostage might lose their life. It’s clear to all that the return of the hostages is barely attainable via a deal,” the marketing campaign group mentioned.

It mentioned the restoration of six hostage our bodies was no achievement however relatively a testomony to the federal government’s failure to achieve a deal on time and return the hostages alive.

Internationally mediated ceasefire talks resumed in Cairo earlier on Thursday. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken left the area on Tuesday with out producing a breakthrough to finish the 10-month-old struggle.

Months of on-off ceasefire talks have circled the identical points, however Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have caught firmly to their calls for.

Most of Israel’s hostages had been seized by Hamas gunmen who rampaged via southern Israel on Oct. 7, killing some 1,200 Israelis and foreigners and abducting round 250 as hostages.

Since Oct. 7, Israel’s army has levelled Gaza, driving practically all of its inhabitants from their properties and killing no less than 40,000, based on Palestinian well being authorities. Israel says it has killed some 17,000 militants.