The Israeli military said Saturday that the bodies of some hostages abducted by Hamas militants had been found during operations inside Gaza this week.
"We have found and located some bodies in the perimeter in the Gaza Strip of Israelis that were abducted," a military spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner, told a briefing.
Lerner said the bodies of hostages were found on these "small, close-perimeter raids into the Gaza Strip". "Our assessment suggests that at this time Hamas are in a state of disarray, they have no idea what the situation is above ground, they have escaped into the tunnels." Foreign ministry spokesman Lior Haiat told the briefing that Israel is not demanding that Palestinians leave Gaza but just to get out of the north.
Thousands of Palestinians fled to southern Gaza in search of refuge on Saturday after Israel warned them to evacuate before... At least 13 Israeli and foreign hostages held in the northern Gaza Strip have been killed in Israeli air strikes in the past...
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