Israeli medical experts declare some Gaza hostages dead in absentia
Sunday, 3 December 2023 Even as it tries to recover hostages through indirect talks with Hamas and army operations in the Gaza Strip, Israel has been declaring some of the missing as dead in captivity, a measure designed to grant anxious relatives a measure of closure. A three-person medical committee has been poring over videos from the October 7 rampage by Hamas-led Palestinian gunmen in southern Israel for signs of lethal injuries among those abducted, and cross-referencing with the testimony of hostages freed during a week-long Gaza truce that ended on Friday.
Ofir Gendelman, an Israeli Government Spokesperson, lays out the two conditions which if met would lead to the end of the war on Gaza, during a press briefing in Tel Aviv. Fighting between Hamas and Israel began on 7 October when Hamas militants poured over the border into Israel, killing 1,200...
"They bombed the infrastructure at the entrances.. there are now two craters in the southern entrance," says a resident of Al-Maghazi refugee camp in Gaza's Deir el-Balah. Fighting between Israel and..
Palestinian rescuers mourn one of their fellow first responders killed in a strike near the Al-Aqsa Hospital in the central Gazan city of Deir al-Balah. Fighting between Israel and Hamas is raging in..
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls South Africa's accusation of "genocide" in the Gaza Strip "false", after Pretoria launched a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against..
Sunday, 3 December 2023
![Damage in Gaza's Al-Maghazi refugee camp after Israeli strikes [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20231231/1362972521-Damage-in-Gaza-Al-Maghazi-refugee-camp.jpg)
![Palestinian rescuers mourn colleague killed in strike on central Gaza [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20231231/1362970735-Palestinian-rescuers-mourn-colleague-killed-in-strike-on.jpg)
![Netanyahu says South Africa wrong to accuse Israel of 'genocide' in Gaza [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20231231/1362967225-Netanyahu-says-South-Africa-wrong-to-accuse-Israel.jpg)
