The IDF has been unable to find out the precise reason for Sahar Baruch’s loss of life in the course of the December operation
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The Israel Protection Forces revealed on Wednesday that Sahar Baruch, whom Hamas terrorists took hostage throughout their Oct. 7 bloodbath of 1,200 folks in southern Israel, was killed throughout an tried rescue operation final month within the Gaza Strip.
The IDF stated it has been unable to find out the precise reason for Baruch’s loss of life in the course of the Dec. 8 rescue operation, throughout which two Israeli troopers have been significantly wounded, in accordance with studies.
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Kibbutz Be’eri introduced on Dec. 9 that Baruch, 25, a resident of the border neighborhood, died in Hamas captivity. It didn’t present further particulars.
“We demand the return of his physique as a part of any hostage deal. We gained’t cease till everyone seems to be dwelling,” kibbutz officers said on the time.
Hamas nonetheless holds greater than 120 hostages, not all of whom are believed to be alive. It has launched 110 folks, most in a ceasefire deal that Hamas violated on Nov. 28.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed negotiations to return all hostages, describing oblique talks carried out via Qatari and Egyptian mediators as a “tug of warfare” with ups and downs. He additionally assured households of captives that army stress on Hamas is bearing fruit.
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To this point, the IDF has succeeded in releasing one hostage, 19-year-old Pvt. Ori Megidish, on Oct. 30, three weeks after Hamas kidnapped her from the Nahal Oz Base.
Throughout a go to to Israel’s northern border on Wednesday, IDF Chief of Employees Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi emphasised that whereas the Jewish state is “very nicely ready” in all sectors, the military is presently targeted on combating Hamas terrorists on its southern border.
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“These very tough circumstances create a chance to vary the scenario in a really vital method—within the south, but additionally within the north and the final regional scenario,” he added, of the Oct. 7 assault.
The IDF introduced on Wednesday it had destroyed an in depth community of terror tunnels underneath Gaza Metropolis’s Shifa Hospital, the place Hamas held at the least three of the estimated 240 hostages it kidnapped on Oct. 7.
That tunnel route unfold over about 820 toes, in accordance with the army, “resulting in vital terror facilities and constitutes central infrastructure for finishing up terrorist operations.”
Israel reportedly destroyed the tunnel community with out damaging Shifa’s buildings, and hospital providers weren’t disrupted at any level.
Palestinian terrorist organizations systematically function in Gaza hospitals, utilizing sufferers as human shields and exploiting medical infrastructure, together with stealing electrical energy and water, the IDF charged.
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Earlier on Wednesday, the IDF accused Hamas of indoctrinating kids to persuade them to hitch its ranks.
Israeli troops working within the coastal enclave found footage displaying children posing with rifles, grenade launchers, rockets and different terror tools.
Lots of the Palestinian minors have been photographed alongside masked Hamas terror operatives. Whereas the faces of the kids have been blurred, some seemed to be as younger as 10.
The IDF stated Hamas makes use of minors for varied duties, together with delivering messages and ammunition. Kids generally additionally transport explosives hidden in vegetable luggage or assess injury in fight zones.
“From a younger age, kids are educated to hate Israel and Jews,” the IDF stated. “In colleges, youth actions and at camps kids endure each theoretical and sensible army coaching.”
“Based mostly on intelligence, it’s estimated {that a} vital variety of minors are lively within the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist organizations,” it added.
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On Wednesday morning, sirens sounded in Israeli communities close to Gaza because the IDF intensified its assaults on the Hamas stronghold of Khan Yunis.
Throughout Givati Brigade operations in Khan Yunis in latest days, terrorists who participated within the Oct. 7 mass homicide within the northwestern Negev surrendered to IDF troopers.
Israeli troops in Gaza additionally found a tunnel shaft positioned inside a faculty, the military stated.
The fifth Brigade’s fight workforce found a tunnel within the southern Gaza city of Khuza’a (Khirbat Ikhzaa). The forces additionally discovered pictures of weapons geared for youngsters. The IDF launched a photograph displaying mortars, grenades and bullets inside the varsity.
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