JERUSALEM: Households of Israeli hostages taken captive in Gaza by Islamist group Hamas concern their family members are in higher hazard after Israeli troops killed the militant group’s leader, Yahya Sinwar.
Israel’s navy and the Shin Guess safety service confirmed on Thursday that Sinwar, the architect of the devastating assault on Israel final October that set off the Gaza warfare, had been killed on Wednesday (Oct 17) by Israeli forces who had been conducting an operation in southern Gaza.
“We’ve got settled the rating with the chief assassin Sinwar. However now, greater than ever, the lives of Matan, my son, and the opposite hostages are in tangible hazard,” mentioned Einav Zangauker, whose 24-year-old son was kidnapped from their kibbutz residence throughout Hamas’ Oct 7, 2023 assault.
“There won’t be an actual closing of the circle, no whole victory if we don’t save their lives and convey all of them again,” mentioned Zangauker in a video after information of Sinwar’s dying emerged on Thursday.
To date, 117 hostages have returned residence alive, together with 4 launched at first of the Gaza warfare, 105 principally ladies, kids and foreigners who returned final November during a brief truce with Hamas, and eight rescued by the navy.