in a post on x, the israel defense forces said security forces recovered the body of elad katzir from khan yunis and returned him to israeli territory. the post said mr katzir was abducted from kibbutz nir oz, and that his mother hanna, was also abducted but released in november. his father, avraham was murdered in the kibbutz. the idf says mr katzir was murdered in captivity. in other developments, us presidentjoe biden is facing growing pressure from within his own party to pause arms sales to israel. nearly forty congressional democrats have signed a letter calling for no further weapons to be sent —— until a full investigation is completed into monday's air strike on an aid convoy in gaza. it says the strike on the trucks — along with the ever—worsening humanitarian crisis in gaza — makes it unjustifiable to approve further weapons deliveries. the politicians who have signed the letter include one of mr biden�*s key allies — the former speaker of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi. this letter comes as a growing number of countries are calling for an independent investigat

elad katzir kidnapped in southern israel six months ago, his body returned from gaza today.itary says he was murdered in captivity by the islamicjihad group. and that his body was found in khan younis overnight. during the attack on a kibbutz, nir oz, in october, elad's father was killed and his mother was abducted but freed in a deal in november. in a facebook post, his sister blamed the israeli government for his death. in gaza, a desperate wait for food amid warnings of famine. aid deliveries have been, at best, sporadic. when help does arrive, people rush to get it. translation: when we were displaced at the beginning, we used to eat - rotten bread because of the high prices of food here. this is the only place where i can get food for my children. the attack on a convoy that killed seven aid workers this week has put even more pressure on israel. from the us came a warning — it should do more to boost humanitarian assistance and protect civilians and aid workers or risk losing american support. the world food programme has been able to serve one million people every mon

families of israeli hostages have been speaking in tel aviv about the body of elad katzir being recovereding today, proud of our larger family and our hostage families. elad managed to survive three months in captivity. he should have been with us today, he could have been with us today. we demand the world to do anything to make this deal come true and bring them all back home. vivian silver was a prominent israeli—canadian peace activist , and was killed by hamas on the 7th of october. she co—founded women wage peace in 2014 — a grassroots peace movement that now brings together 50,000 israelis. its mission is to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict. ms silver was originally thought to have been taken hostage by hamas but was confirmed dead when her remains were identified five weeks later. manuela rotstein worked with vivian at women wage peace — we have her with us now. welcome to the programme. i wonder if you could describe to us a little bit further the work that your organisation does. we bit further the work that your organisation does.— bit further the work that your organ

it accused the islamichhad group of murdering the man, who's been identified as elad katzir.was 47 years old. israel said its mission to search for hostages, and return them to israel, would continue. from jerusalem, hugo bachega reports. elad katzir was kidnapped in southern israel six months ago. his body returned from gaza today. the israeli military says he was murdered in captivity by the islamichhad group. and his body was found overnight. during the attack on kibbutz nir oz in october. elad katzir�*s father was killed and his mother was abducted, but freed in a deal in november. in a facebook post, his sister committe blamed the israeli government for his death. in gaza, a desperate wait for food amid warnings of famine. aid deliveries have been, at best, sporadic when help does arrive. people rush to get it. translation: when we were displaced at the beginning, we used to eat rotten bread because of the high prices of food here. this is the only place where i can get food for my children. the attack on a convoy that killed seven aid workers this week has put even more

he should have been withers today, he could have been with us today, elad katzir.e this deal come true and bring them all back home. . make this deal come true and bring them all back home.— them all back home. , chief correspondent, _ them all back home. , chief correspondent, lyse - them all back home. , chiefl correspondent, lyse doucet, them all back home. , chief- correspondent, lyse doucet, has them all back home. , chief— correspondent, lyse doucet, has been reporting from israel on the eve of the six month anniversary of the hamas attack. israel is under mounting pressure to do more to bring hostages home, but also to change the way it is fighting this war. joe biden, from the beginning of this war, has in the last few days significantly toughened his language. in what was widely described as a very tense telephone conversation on thursday, with israel's pro minister, benjamin netanyahu, he warned that if israel did not change the way it was fighting this war, america would have to change its policy. the united states and many other countries around the wor

it accused the islamichhad group of murdering the man, who's been identified as elad katzir.s kidnapped from a kibbutz in the south of israel in attacks led by hamas militants on october 7th. during that assault, his father was murdered, while his mother was abducted then later released. the israeli army said the body of elad katzir was retrieved from the khan younis area of southern gaza. it said its mission to search for hostages, and return them to israel, would continue. allison kaplan sommer is a journalist at israeli newspaper, haaretz. she said the news has been greeted with dismay by the families of israeli hostages. they want their hostages back. they want them alive. as many as still remain alive. and the mood was encapsulated by a facebook post from elad katzir�*s sister, she posted... basically, she was the one who announced as much as the israeli army announced that her brother's body had been recovered and returned to israel. and she wrote on facebook, "you're going to hear from the army about their daring rescue operation "in which they got my brother's body an

it accused the islamichhad group of murdering the man, who's been identified as elad katzir. 47 years was seized from nir oz in the early hours of october the 7th in southern israel. during that assault, his father was murdered, while his mother was abducted then later released. the israeli army said the body of elad katzir was retrieved from the khan younis area of southern gaza. it once a day more to do bring the hostages home but also change the way it is fighting the war. presidentjoe biden of the united states, one of israel's strongest allies from the beginning of the war has in the past few days significantly toughened his language. in what was widely described as a very tense telephone conversation on thursday, israel's rai mr benjamin netanyahu, he warned if israel didn't change the way that they were fighting the war, america would have to change its�*s policy. the us and many other countries around the world are asking israel to do much more to get aid into gaza, protect civilians, and bring about a ceasefire which could bring the hostages home. is this a significant moment

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the israeli military confirms it has recovered the body of hostage elad katzir from khan younis, nearlyn slovakia's presidential election, a pro—moscow candidate emerges the winner. delhi hits back after canada's spy agency says india and pakistan interfered in that country's elections. hello, i'm carl nasman. israel's military says it has recovered the body of a man taken hostage and held in gaza, in an overnight operation in khan younis on saturday. it accused the islamichhad group of murdering the man, who has been identified as 47—year—old elad katzir. elad was a farmer who was kidnapped from his kibbutz during the hamas attacks on southern israel last october. his sister said she blames israel's government for failing to do a deal with hamas. she, along with thousands of protestors, are calling on their government to do more to free the remaining hostages. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent hugo bachega reports. tens of thousands of people joined a protest in tel aviv urging the government to reach a deal with hamas for more hostages to be freed, and the fact that anothe

it accused the islamichhad group of murdering the man, who's been identified as 47—year—old elad katzirad was a farmer who was kidnapped from his kibbutz during the hamas attacks on southern israel last october. his sister said she blames israel's government for failing she, along with thousands of protesters, are calling on their government to do more to free the remaining hostages. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent, hugo bachega, reports. in tel aviv, protesters are back on the streets. it has been six months since palestinian gunmen stormed southern israel from gaza, and more than 100 israelis remain in captivity. people are urging their government to reach a deal with hamas for hostages to be freed, and they also want their prime minister to go. he should resign after what happened. six months ago the war start, and hamas and everything. he claimed that he wants to go to war and make hamas go away and bring all the hostages home, back home. for one israeli family, the hope is over — elad katzir, kidnapped from kibbutz nir oz, his body returned from gaza today. the israel

elad katzir kidnapped in southern israel six months ago, his body returned from gaza today.p. and that his body was found in khan younis overnight.

it accused the islamichhad group of murdering the man, who's been identified as elad katzir.ks led by hamas militants on october the seventh. during that assault, his father was murdered, while his mother was abducted then later released. the israeli army said the body of elad katzir was retrieved from the khan younis area of southern gaza. it said its mission to search for hostages, and return them to israel, would continue. allison kaplan sommer is a journalist at israeli newspaper haaretz. she said the news has been greeted with dismay by the families of israeli hostages.

the israeli military confirms it has recovered the body of hostage elad katzir from khan younis, nearlytial election, a pro—moscow candidate emerges the winner. delhi hits back after canada's spy agency says india and pakistan interfered in its country's elections. hello, i'm carl nasman. israel's military says it has recovered the body of a man taken hostage and held in gaza in an overnight operation in khan younis on saturday. it accused the islamichhad group of murdering the man, who has been identified as 47—year—old elad katzir. elad was a farmer who was kidnapped from his kibbutz during the hamas attacks on southern israel last 0ctober. his sister said she blames israel's government for failing to do a deal with hamas. she, along with thousands of protestors, are calling on their government to do more to free the remaining hostages. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent hugo bachega reports. in tel aviv, protesters are back on the streets. it has been six months since palestinian gunmen stormed southern israel from gaza, and more than 100 israelis remain in captivity. peop

the israeli military confirms it has recovered the body of hostage elad katzir from khan younis, nearlyby hamas. in slovakia's presidential election, a pro—moscow candidate emerges the winner. ukraine warns of dwindling military defences as seven people are killed in two russian drone attacks on kharkiv. and after uganda's constitutional court upholds one of the harshest anti—lgbtq+ laws in the world, we hear from a leading activist who is fighting to overturn it. hello, i'm carl nasman. israel's military says it has recovered the body of a man taken hostage and held in gaza in an overnight operation in khan younis on saturday. it accused the islamichhad group of murdering the man, who has been identified as 47—year—old elad katzir. elad was a farmer who was kidnapped from his kibbutz during the hamas attacks on southern israel last 0ctober. his sister said she blames israel's government for failing to do a deal with hamas. she, along with thousands of protestors, are calling on their government to do more to free the remaining hostages. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent hug

israel says it's recovered the body of a hostage who'd been held in gaza by hamas. 47—year—old elad katzir kidnapped from a kibbutz during the hamas attacks on southern israel on october the 7th. it said its mission to search for hostages and return them to israel would continue. allison kaplan sommer is a journalist at israeli newspaper haaretz and host of the haaretz podcast. she told us how israelis were reacting to today's news. they want their hostages back. they want them alive. as many as still remain alive. and the mood was encapsulated by a facebook post from his sister, she posted... basically, she was the one who announced as much as the israeli army announced that her brother's body had been recovered and returned to israel. and she wrote on facebook, "you're going to hear from the army about their daring rescue operation "in which they got my brother's body and returned it to israel." and she said, "don't let anyone fool you. "this is not a rescue operation. "this is an incident of my brother having been abandoned to die. "the first abandonment took place when the military did

elad katzir was taken on october and seventh, along with his mother and father.her was murdered that day, and his mother was released that —— was released in november as part of a temporary ceasefire deal. pressure is mounting on negotiators to try and achieve a more lasting ceasefire. indirect talks between israel and hamas have resumed in the egyptian capital, cairo. six months on, israel's staunchest allies, including the uk in the united states, who gave such very public and powerful backing to israel, when six months ago said israel had a right, and are questioning its methods. we'll be looking at all these issues, but let's return first to one of the areas which suffered immensely on october 7th. our international editor, jeremy bowen, has covered the war since the start and has returned to one of the kibbutzes in israel that was hardest hit by the hamas attacks. six months after the attacks, it is a bit like going back into a time machine because all the damage is still here. and the reason for that is that in this kibbutz, nir oz, one in four of the popul

the israeli military confirms it's recovered the body of hostage elad katzir, from khan younis, nearlyction, a pro—moscow candidate emerges the winner. and after uganda's constitutional court upholds one of the harshest anti—lgbtq+ laws in the world, we hear from a leading activist who is fighting to overturn it. hello, i'm carl nasman. israel's military says it's recovered the body of a man taken hostage and held in gaza, in an overnight operation in khan younis on saturday. it accused the islamichhad group of murdering the man, who's been identified as 47—year—old elad katzir. elad was a farmer who was kidnapped from his kibbutz during the hamas attacks on southern israel last october. his sister said she blames israel's government for failing she, along with thousands of protesters, are calling on their government to do more to free the remaining hostages. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent, hugo bachega, reports. in tel aviv, protesters are back on the streets. it has been six months since palestinian gunmen stormed southern israel from gaza, and more than 100 israelis r

what can you tell us about this hostage, elad katzir, and how his family is responding to this news?irst, let me set the scene for you. i am in tel aviv at an anti- tran09 protest. the demonstrators here are saying that they want benjamin netanyahu out, basically. they want immediate elections and they want the release of the hostages. they don't trust that he is the man capable of waging this campaign and getting their loved ones and fellow citizens out. as far as elad katzir, the 47- year-old, we understand from the idf that he was found in the gaza strip and he was buried. we understand that his body was retrieved, taken back to is really territory, and his sister issued a statement, the sister of elad katzir, blaming, essentially, the government and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. in particular, "we will not remain in uncertainty," she issued in her statement. "he could have been saved if a deal was reached in time. our leadership is cowardly and driven by political considerations and that is why it did not happen." it is important to note that islamic jihad, who are s

tel aviv and other cities, came after the israeli defense forces recovered the body of hostage elad katzirn gaza. the military believes the 47—year—old was murdered in captivity by the islamic jihad organisation. in other developments, a hamas delegation is expected to attend ceasefire talks in cairo on sunday, following an invitation extended by egyptian mediators. israel's war cabinet is reportedly set to discuss whether to send a delegation, whilst a british royal navy ship is sailing to the eastern mediterranean to support the delivery of humanitarian assistance to the gaza strip. our first report this hour is from hugo bachega injerusalem. in tel aviv, protesters are back on the streets. it has been six months since palestinian gunmen stormed southern israel from gaza, and more than 100 israelis remain in captivity. people are urging their government to reach a deal with hamas for hostages to be freed, and they also want their prime minister to go. he should resign after what happened. six months ago the war start, and hamas and everything. he claimed that he wants to go to war and ma

it accused the islamichhad group of murdering the man, who's been identified as 47—year—old elad katzir during the hamas attacks on southern israel last october. his sister said she blames israel's government for failing to do a deal with hamas. she, along with thousands of protestors, are calling on their government to do more to free the remaining hostages. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent hugo bachega reports. in tel aviv, protesters are back on the streets. it's been six months since palestinian gunmen stormed southern israel from gaza, and more than 100

it accused the islamichhad group of murdering the man, who has been identified as 47—year—old elad katzirad was a farmer who was kidnapped from his kibbutz during the hamas attacks on southern israel last october. his sister said she blames israel's government for failing to do a deal with hamas. she, along with thousands of protestors, are calling on their government to do more to free the remaining hostages. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent hugo bachega reports. tens of thousands of people joined a protest in tel aviv urging the government to reach a deal with hamas for more hostages to be freed, and the fact that another israeli hostage has returned dead puts more pressure on the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. the families of the hostages say he hasn't made their release a priority. they say that the government's strategy of trying to put military pressure on hamas to negotiate has failed. now, the main hope is for a dealfor more captives to be freed. any kind of deal would see the release of hostages in return for palestinian prisoners who are being held in i

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militants had abducted 47-year-old elad katzir from kibbutz nir oz. his mother hannah was also kidnapped. she was released in november during a truce. his father was killed in the attack. at least 36 hostages are confirmed to have died in captivity. prime minister bjamin netanyahu remains under public pressure to get a deal to free the remaining hostages. negotiations are set to resume in the coming days in cairo. hamas is demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire. in ukraine, russian drones and missiles have killed eight people and wounded 12 others in kharkiv, the second-largest city. ukrainian officials said the strikes damaged residential buildings, businesses, and a kindergarten. russia has stepped up attacks on kharkiv as ukrainian air defenses are strained without u.s. aid. mexico has suspended diplomatic ties with ecuador. it comes after ecuadorian police forced their way into the mexican embassy in quito friday night to arrest ecuador's former vice president, jorge glas. glas had been living in the embassy since december when he was conv

in a post on x, the israel defense forces said security forces recovered the body of elad katzir fromaid mr katzir was abducted from kibbutz nir oz, and that his mother hanna, was also abducted but released in november. his father, avraham was murdered in the kibbutz. the idf says mr katzir was murdered in captivity. allison kaplan sommer is a journalist at israeli

in a post on x, the israel defense forces said security forces recovered the body of elad katzir from khan yunis and returned him to israeli territory. the post said mr katzir was abducted from kibbutz nir oz, and that his mother hanna, was also abducted but released in november. his father, avraham was murdered in the kibbutz. the idf says mr katzir was murdered in captivity. allison kaplan sommer is a journalist at israeli newspaper, haaretz, and host of the haaretz podcast. i asked her about the pressure on the israeli government to rescue hostages held in gaza the israelis are not eager to see the war over without any guarantee that this is going to create a sense of security on it's that this is going to create a sense of security on its southern and northern borders. there is definitely increasing pressure led by hostage families for them to reach a deal which returns to israel. ~ . . , , reach a deal which returns to israel. ~ . , israel. what has been said? there has been a — israel. what has been said? there has been a lot _ israel. what has been said? there has been a lot of

in a post on x, the israel defense forces said security forces recovered the body of elad katzir from post said mr katzir was abducted from kibbutz nir oz, and that his mother hanna, was also abducted but released in november. his father, avraham was murdered in the kibbutz. the idf says mr katzir was murdered in captivity. in other developments, us presidentjoe biden is facing growing pressure from within his own party to pause arms sales to israel.

it's very, very hard, especially as we received the news of elad katzir yesterday. about to leave very soon back to new orleans for his funeral. to nir 0z for his funeral. it's devastating. you have seen the pictures, but you have not smelled the smell and felt the atmosphere. it's terrible. it's devastating. this war, as previously said, isn'tjust a war. it's a global war against terrorism, and it's awful. 0ur loved ones are still there, held. we have no idea whether they drink water, they can see sunlight, they eat enough. we have no idea what's going on. and it's painful. it's painful because it has been six months that we can hardly breathe. and it's so hard to imagine what's happening with them. the fact... you lost, efrat, four, five of your family were taken that day. six, six of them were taken. six were taken that day. four came back. my aunt, efrat katz, was murdered and my uncle, gadi moses, is still there. he turned 80 on march 12. 80 years old, wonderful, sweet, loving grandfather. and we have no idea how he is or where he is. and we're waiting. you can

the protest took place in the wake of grim news that the party of another hostage, 47—year—old elad katziren recovered in a military operation from gaza. he had been seized here in southern israel on october the 7th, along with his father abraham, who was killed on that day, and his mother hannah, who was later released in november during a hostage for prisoner swap during a hostage for prisoner swap during a hostage for prisoner swap during a temporary truce. and now there is mounting pressure on the israelis and on hamas to reach a ceasefire deal to bring more hostages and release more palestinian prisoners in israeli jails. those talks have resumed in the egyptian capital cairo, with spy chiefs from israel, from egypt, the united states, as well as qatar's prime minister. there is growing concern, even amongst israel's staunchest allies that the longer this war goes on, the more costly it becomes, with many now asking tough questions about the way israel is fighting this war. our middle east correspondent yolande knell has covered the war since october the seventh. she has been finding

we now know elad katzir has died.. forthose consequence might have been breached. for those reasons, consequence might have been breached. forthose reasons, i consequence might have been breached. for those reasons, iam being very, very clear, publish the advice. government says they cannot publish the advice. they published the advice bombing the houthis. if you cannot publish it, at least come to the house of commons and take questions. the to the house of commons and take ruestions. ., , ., ., ., , questions. the house of commons has been in recess. — questions. the house of commons has been in recess, so _ questions. the house of commons has been in recess, so that _ questions. the house of commons has been in recess, so that would - questions. the house of commons has been in recess, so that would not i been in recess, so that would not have been the case in the last couple of weeks. on the issue, however, and we will contact legal advice and a second, some of your colleagues say arms sales should be stopped now.

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it comes after the body of elad katzir, one of the hostages, was brought back to israel by the country'sed forces. delegations from both hamas and israel are in cairo to try to agree a ceasefire. as the conflict between the two sides reaches a grim milestone, our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, assesses the situation so far. the seventh of october attacks blindsided israel. thousands of hamas gunmen breaking out of gaza. 0n thousands of hamas gunmen breaking out of gaza. on a murderous rampage, they killed hundreds of people and kidnapped 250 more. she they killed hundreds of people and kidnapped 250 more.— they killed hundreds of people and kidnapped 250 more. she called me at 10:14am and — kidnapped 250 more. she called me at 10:14am and she _ kidnapped 250 more. she called me at 10:14am and she was _ kidnapped 250 more. she called me at 10:14am and she was saying, - kidnapped 250 more. she called me at 10:14am and she was saying, mum, i am shocked, i am bleeding, 10:14am and she was saying, mum, i am shocked, iam bleeding, and i think i'm going to die. and i said, you are no

yesterday, the day before we buried a friend, a member of cubelets narrows elad katzir, who we know perfectly well, was alive on october 8. you will taken into gaza and was forced to appear in two hostage videos. the idf was able to recover his body based on intelligence he was murdered in early in early january. we didn't get there in time to save him not enough done was done to save him israel, the united states and the united states allies in the region in order to save the region need to help us get these people home >> since we last spoke at the end of february, prime minister netanyahu has come under increasing pressure recently, president biden characterized his approach in gaza as a mistake there have been massive protests by israelis, thousands of israelis in cities such as tel aviv is ruslan, even israeli war cabinet member benny gantz called for early elections >> do you sense that there's a real shift and netanyahu support happening among, among not just american leaders, but people in israel >> well, i think there has been a groundswell in israel really, i would say from the seco

directly for not getting the rest of the hostages out and this is on a day that we have learned elad katzir, a 47-year-old taken on october 7th, was found injured, deceased inside of gosar in the han eunice area, his body taken out of gaza into israel. this is all against the backdrop of a humanitarian situation inside of gaza, and we know that benjamin netanyahu is promising new aid deliveries, into the strip and antony blinken, the secretary of state, has said that he welcomes the announcement, but he needs to see something actually tangible happen on the ground to relieve some of the humanitarian suffering in gaza. listen to blinken. >> some of the measures that we are looking to include things like the number of trucks that are actually getting in on a sustained basis and not just getting in, but getting around. ate being distributed around gaza including critically northern gaza. some of the measurements we have been deeply concerned by, including the fact that almost 100% of the population is acutely food insecure. indicators of potential famine. we will be looking closely at those, t

just yesterday the idf says it retrieved the body of 47-year-old elad katzir.the katzirs and her father-in-law was also taken hostage from a kibbutz near oz on october 7th. >> i don't know what to do. i know when he was a young teenage. >> what is your message for biden? what do you want him to do? >> keep pushing. keep pushing. do it. do more. please. please, we ask you to help us. >> reporter: since the october 7th attack, an israeli military campaign in gaza to destroy hamas' capabilities has soared to over 33,000 dead according to the hamas-run health ministry. millions of palestinians have been displaced, entire cities reduced to rubble, and a deepening humanitarian crisis has upended the gaza strip risking famine and starvation, and israel remains on high alert amid threats from iran that it will retaliate for a bombing of its consulate in syria. the u.s. warning that a significant attack could happen at any moment. janai. >> janai: we are watching for that potential. britt, thank you so much. >>> and let's bring in abc's chief global affairs corresponden

it accused the islamichhad group of murdering the man, who's been identified as 47—year—old elad katzirho was kidnapped from his kibbutz during the hamas attacks on southern israel last october. his sister said she blames israel's government for failing to do a deal with hamas. she, along with thousands of protestors, are calling on their government to do more to free the remaining hostages. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent hugo bachega reports. in tel aviv, protesters are back on the streets. it's been six months since palestinian gunmen stormed southern israel from gaza and more than 100 israelis remain in captivity. people are urging their government to reach a deal with hamas

tel aviv and other cities, came after the israeli defense forces recovered the body of hostage elad katzird was murdered in captivity by the islamic jihad organisation.