September 1, 2024
Israel recovers bodies of six hostages in Gaza, sparking protests
JERUSALEM: Israel said it recovered the bodies of six hostages from a tunnel in Gaza where they were apparently killed shortly before its troops arrived, sparking Israeli protests on Sunday and planned strikes over the failure to rescue them. Israel’s military announced the recovery of bodies from a basement in the southern town of Rafah, as a polio vaccination campaign began in the war-torn region and violence erupted in the occupied West Bank. The bodies of Carmel Gat, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarusi and Ori Danino have been returned to Israel, army spokesman Vice Admiral Daniel Hagari


