Abu Obeida stated that the girl had been held with a second feminine hostage whose life was in peril.
Throughout final yr’s Hamas assault which triggered the Gaza conflict, militants took 251 hostages, of whom 97 are nonetheless held in Gaza, together with 34 the military says are useless.
Ten feminine hostages, together with 5 troopers, had been believed to stay alive in custody earlier than Abu Obeida’s assertion, in accordance with an AFP tally.
Throughout a one-week truce in November final yr, 105 hostages had been freed, together with 80 Israelis who had been exchanged for 240 Palestinian prisoners.
The Israeli government has come under immense public pressure to agree a brand new deal to carry the remaining hostages house whereas they’re nonetheless alive.