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The Israeli army has announced that it has found the body of a hostage near Al-Sifa hospital

The Israeli army has announced that it has found the body of a hostage near Al-Sifa hospital

The victim was identified by Israel on Thursday as Yehudit Weiss.

The Israeli military announced Thursday, November 16, that it had found the body of a hostage taken by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas during the October 7 attacks in Israel near Al-Sifa Hospital in Gaza.

The body of this abducted woman in the kibbutz of Biri, “Extracted by Israeli military forces from a compound adjacent to al-Sifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip and transferred to Israeli territory,” A military statement said.

“Rocket Launchers” were invented

The victim has been identified by the military as Yehudit Weiss. “Military equipment including Kalashnikov rifles and rocket launchers were also found in the structure where Yehudit was located”, adds the army. According to officials, around 240 people were arrested in Israeli territory on October 7.

On October 30, the Israeli military announced the release of a soldier in the Gaza Strip who had been kidnapped by Hamas during an unprecedented attack on Israeli territory. In retaliation, Israel declared war “destroy” Hamas has relentlessly bombarded the Gaza Strip since the Palestinian Islamic Movement seized power in 2007.

The army announced that the day before yesterday “Hostage Pictures” It was found on computers seized from al-Sifa hospital in Gaza, which has been under attack for two days. Al-Sifa, the largest hospital in Gaza, is presented by Israel as a strategic and military center for Hamas, a claim denied by the Islamist movement, which seized power in the Gaza Strip in 2007.