Israel announced that the leader of the Palestinian group "Mujahideen Brigades", who was directly linked to the kidnapping and murder of the three members of the Israeli Bibas family, was killed, DPA reported, quoted by BTA.
Shiri Bibas and her two children have become a symbol of the tragedy with the hostages taken to Gaza after the attack by "Hamas" on southern Israel on October 7, 2023. They were killed during their captivity last year and their bodies were returned to Israel by "Hamas" earlier this year.
The Israel Defense Forces said they were killed Assad Abu Sharaya in Gaza City in a joint operation by the military and the internal intelligence agency “Shin Bet“.
According to the Israeli military, Abu Sharaya is also responsible for the kidnapping of Thai citizen Natthapont Pinta, whose body was returned from Gaza yesterday, and for the kidnapping of the couple Gazi Hagai and Judy Weinstein, whose bodies were returned earlier this week.
Thousands of people took part in a protest in the Israeli capital Tel Aviv demanding the release of hostages held by “Hamas“ after the Palestinian movement's attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, Agence France-Presse reported, quoted by BTA.
The crowd gathered in a square known as “Hostage Square“. Among the participants in the protest were and relatives of hostages still in Gaza. Among them was Noam Katz, the daughter of Lior Rudaeff, who is believed to have died in captivity but whose body is still in Gaza. She called for an agreement to return the hostages and the bodies of the dead hostages to Israel.
On Friday, the Israeli army announced the deaths of four hostages in the Gaza Strip and said it was 10,000 short of troops for the operation in the Palestinian territory.
Negotiations to end the war in Gaza have so far failed. They are being brokered by Egypt, Qatar and the United States.
Of the 251 people kidnapped in the October 7, 2023 attack, 55 are still in Gaza, with 31 believed to be dead, Israeli authorities say.
Hundreds Thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of Rome against the war in the Gaza Strip, ANSA and Agence France-Presse reported, quoted by BTA.
The demonstration was organized by opposition parties accusing Giorgia Meloni's government of complicity in what is happening in the enclave.
"Stop the mass killings, stop the complicity“, read a poster carried by the demonstrators. They also waved Palestinian flags and carried placards reading “Free Palestine“.
According to organizers, 300,000 people took part in the protest.
The leader of the opposition Democratic Party, Elie Schlein, described the demonstration as a huge popular voice against the war. The “5 Star Movement“ also participated in organizing the demonstration.
Rome, A staunch ally of Israel since the beginning of the conflict, in recent weeks he has raised his voice against the intense bombing of Gaza, and Meloni said that the humanitarian situation there is increasingly dramatic and unjust, according to Agence France-Presse.