Israel-Gaza war live: Netanyahu meets hostage families over video release | Middle East and north Africa
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The Palestinian Ministry of Health, six dead in the last 24 hours due to famine
The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that in Telegram, six adults have died in the last 24 hours as a result of famine and severe malnutrition.
According to the ministry, this brings the total number of deaths attributed to hunger reasons in Gaza to 175, including 93 children.
Recently, Hamas and Islamic jihad weakened by Israeli hostages, the videos showing “terrible” and EU Foreign Chief Kaja Kallas “terrible” and barbaric, he said.
“The images of the Israeli hostages are terrible and reveal the barbarism of Hamas. All hostages should be released immediately and unconditionally.
“At the same time, large -scale humanitarian aid should be allowed to reach those needed,” he said.
Far Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir ‘Conquering the whole Gaza’
Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited the El Aksa Mosque compound in Jerusalem on Sunday and said that he prayed there and the challenging rules covering one of the most sensitive areas in the Middle East.
Under the regulation of a “status quo” with the Muslim authorities for decades, the AQSA compound is applied by the Jordanian Religious Foundation and the Jews can visit, but cannot pray there.
In an article in X, Ben-Gvir asked Israel to declare sovereignty for Gaza and Palestinians to leave the region.
“A message must be sent: declare sovereignty to ensure that we conquered the whole Gaza Strip… Download each Hamas member and encourage voluntary migration.”
Ben-Gvir claimed that this was the only way to öner bring hostages back and win the war ”.
Opening Summary: Netanyahu meets Rehara families on the video version
Benjamin Netanyahu said that he spoke to relatives of two hostages in Gaza, which was seen in the videos published by Palestinian militant groups, and expressed his “deep shock” to the Israeli Prime Ministry.
On Thursday, Hamas and the Allied Islamic Jihad released three clips showing two hostages that triggered the ongoing war in Gaza on 7 October 2023.
Rom Braslavski and Evyatar David, who appeared to be weakened after about 22 months of captivity, created strong reactions between the Israelites and fueled the renewed calls to reach a cease -fire and hostage release agreement without delay.
Netanyahu’s office said in a statement from Netanyahu’s office published on Saturday, “The Prime Minister, terrorist organizations Hamas and Palestinian Islamic jihad distributed by the materials distributed by a deep shock to the families, and said that their efforts to return all our hostages continued and will continue constantly and brutally.
In the images, 21-year-old Braslavski, a German-Israeli binary national, and 24-year-old David are both weak and malnutrosed.
Videos refer to the terrible human conditions in Gaza, where non -compulsory experts warn “famine is opening”.
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