Israeli officers do not know if all hostages are alive
- More than 200 hostages have been taken by Hamas militants from Israel on Oct 7
- Hamas has launched proof of life movies for some however not all of these taken
- Officials on the Israeli Consulate in New York say hostages have been break up into teams
- The youngest hostage taken is a 10-month-old child boy
Israeli officers final night time made the grim admission that they have no idea what number of Hamas hostages are nonetheless alive after being taken underground a month in the past.
The officers, talking at a screening of the Hamas atrocity on the Consulate in New York, made a public plea for ‘two means’ humanitarian assist to rescue the hostages whereas the world requires a ceasefire to save lots of remaining Gazan civilians.
Lt. Commander Jonathan Conricus, talking from Tel Aviv by way of Zoom, mentioned of the 1.1million civilians in Gaza, between 850,000 and 900,000 have fled northern Gaza. Yesterday, 50,000 evacuated the area between 9am and 2pm, he mentioned.
Those figures haven’t been confirmed by Palestinian officers, who right now mentioned the civilian dying toll is now at 11,000.
More than 200 hostages have been taken from Israel by Hamas fighters on October 7. The youngest is a ten-month-old child.
Hamas has launched video footage of a number of the hostages to function proof of life, and mentioned final week they have been ‘prepared’ to permit some to return residence after relentless airstrikes.
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A Hamas gunman is seen carrying a distressed toddler in a video launched on October 13. The youngest hostage is 10 months outdated
Some of the 239 hostages taken by Hamas are proven in a video launched by the militant group final month. Israeli officers say they haven’t any affirmation of what number of stay alive
The well being of nearly all of the hostages stays unknown.
‘We have some intelligence that we’re not sharing however it’s largely a black gap.
‘They have been break up into teams however we do not know the way. Hamas won’t even give us their names.
‘There are 10 individuals who we nonetheless can’t say whether or not they have been killed or kidnapped as a result of the our bodies of these murdered are so badly burned,’ Aviv Ezra, Acting Consul General of Israel in New York, mentioned.
Israel is looking for the hostages to be freed within the four-hour, every day humanitarian pauses that have been yesterday agreed upon.
‘Humanitarianism is a two-way road. We usually are not even being given probably the most primary data – the names of the hostages – however we’re creating humanitarian pauses for Palestinian civilians and delivering assist.
‘Why cannot the Red Cross go in and guarantee our residents have entry to meals, water, assist?’ Itay Milner, spokesperson for the consulate in New York, mentioned.
IDF Lieutenant Commander Jonathan Conricus final night time instructed journalists forces have ‘uncovered’ 130 Hamas tunnels and proceed to dismantle key strongholds
Tens of 1000’s of Palestinian civilians are fleeing north Gaza daily, in accordance with IDF officers.
One concern is that as Hamas fighters grow to be more and more determined below fixed fireplace from Israel, they might use the hostages as human shields.
‘We have little question that if mandatory, Hamas would cover behind our civilians, the hostages, in the event that they wanted to. They are hiding behind their very own residents. They are hiding below hospitals, faculties, kindergartens, in boy scouts.
‘What we do know is that except we proceed to use strain, nothing will transfer,’ Ezra added.
To his information, there have been no ransom calls for or negotiations in releasing the hostages.
The remarks got after a screening of the 47-minute compilation of footage proven to reporters by Israel as a part of an ongoing effort to remind the world of the assault that spurned the present battle.
DailyMail.com’s recap of that footage could be learn right here.
The officers shared it, they mentioned, to dismiss recommendations from some Palestine supporters that the atrocity didn’t occur.
‘There are nonetheless some who deny it. They need us to provide the physique of a beheaded child to ensure that them to consider it,’ Lt. Commander Conricus mentioned.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Netanyahu mentioned right now {that a} ceasefire is ‘not an possibility’
