Strike action brought parts of Israel to a halt yesterday in a bid to raise pressure on the government to secure the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza, after the military recovered the bodies of six captives the health ministry said had been “murdered” by Hamas.
Relatives and demonstrators have accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of not doing enough to bring the hostages back alive, and during mass rallies on Sunday called for a truce deal to help free dozens who remain captive.
The military said on Sunday that the bodies of six hostages – all captured alive during Hamas’s October 7 attack on southern Israel that triggered the war – had been recovered from a tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip, prompting outpourings of grief and fury.…
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