5 Hamas hostages found dead in Gaza, IDF continues its ground and air offensive
Israel Defense Forces (IDF)shared a video on X in which it said that the dead bodies of 5 hostages who were taken into captivity were found in a tunnel in Gaza.
A soldier in the video can be seen talking about the 3 fallen Israeli soldiers among 5 hostages whose bodies were recovered from Gaza and their bodies were to be taken home for a proper customary burial. The soldier also sang a prayer for the deceased soldiers.
The post mentioned the names of 5 hostages. It stated "In a centralized intelligence effort, IDF troops located and recovered the bodies of 5 hostages—abducted during the October 7 Massacre—and brought them back to Israel: WO Ziv Dado, SGT Ron Sherman, CPL Nik Beizer, Eden Zacharia, Elia Toledano. May their memory be a blessing."
In a centralized intelligence effort, IDF troops located and recovered the bodies of 5 hostages—abducted during the October 7 Massacre—and brought them back to Israel:
🕯️WO Ziv Dado
🕯️SGT Ron Sherman
🕯️CPL Nik Beizer
🕯️Eden Zacharia
🕯️Elia ToledanoMay their memory be a… pic.twitter.com/tq1UlLo8Z2
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) December 24, 2023
Kindergarten, a terrorist base
IDF released a video that captured the visuals of a school where grenades, RPG missiles, and explosives were found during the ground offensive. This school is said to be used by Hamas to carry out their activities there. Israel has been continuously claiming that the reality of Gaza is different from what is seen from the outside. Hamas terrorist have been using public buildings for their use.
Textbooks, students, classrooms, and explosives—one of these is not like the other…
After evacuating the area, our troops operated to eliminate terrorists, and locate weapons—including grenades, RPG missiles, explosives, and various media devices—inside the school compound. pic.twitter.com/Otkh70X6lN
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) December 24, 2023
Israel Defense Force also said that "together with an aircraft and artillery, troops eliminated 7 terrorists and destroyed 4 Hamas observation assets in the area."
CNN reported that on Sunday IDF claimed to have hit approximately 200 targets in Gaza as it expanded its ground offensive and air strikes.
As per media reports 20,258 [ep[e have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched a war against Hamas. Around 153 IDF troops have lost their lives in the war.
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