According to a report, protesters in Tel Aviv and other cities demanded a hostage deal following the recovery of the body of Elad Katzir, an israeli hostage. Reportedly, the israeli defence force said following information that the body was buried in Khan Younis refugee camp the man’s body was exhumed and returned to Israel.
According to the report, Mr Katzir was abducted from Nir Oz kibbutz along with his mother, she was released along with 104 hostages during a 6 day ceasefire in November, his father Avraham was murdered in the kibbutz.
Reportedly, in January islamic jihad published a video of Mr Katzir speaking from captivity in Gaza. According to the report, in the video he said he had been close to dying more than once, that he loved and missed his family, and he called on the israeli authorities to stop the war and bring him and other hostages home. Reportedly, according to idf estimates he died soon after the video was published.
According to the report, 129 hostages are unaccounted for, 34 are presumed dead.
Reportedly, hamas are sending a delegation to Egypt for new ceasefire talks on Sunday but Israel are undecided whether to attend due to the lack of progress.