Israel says remains of 3 more hostages recovered, as refugee camp in Gaza struck

The Associated Press

· Posted: Jun 22, 2025 2:05 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

The Israeli subject said Sunday that it has recovered the remains of 3 hostages held successful the Gaza Strip. At slightest 4 Palestinians were killed successful an Israeli airstrike and 22 wounded portion waiting for humanitarian aid, according to a section hospital.

The subject identified the remains arsenic those of Yonatan Samerano, 21; Ofra Keidar, 70; and Shay Levinson, 19. All 3 were killed during Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, onslaught in Israel that ignited the ongoing war. The militant radical is inactive holding 50 hostages, little than fractional of them believed to beryllium alive.

The subject did not supply immoderate details astir the betterment operation, and it was unclear if the airstrike was related to it.

"The run to instrumentality the hostages continues consistently and is happening alongside the run against Iran," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said successful a statement.

Kobi Samerano said successful a Facebook station that his son's remains were returned connected what would person been Yonatan's 23rd birthday.

Hamas-led militants killed immoderate 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted 251 radical successful the Oct. 7 attack, according to Israel tallies. More than fractional the hostages person been returned successful ceasefire agreements oregon different deals, 8 person been rescued live and Israeli forces person recovered dozens of bodies.

Israel's retaliatory violative has killed much than 55,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza's Health Ministry, which has said that women and children marque up much than fractional of the dead.

Four radical were killed connected Sunday successful an airstrike successful the Nuseirat exile campy successful cardinal Gaza, according to Al-Awda Hospital, wherever the bodies were brought. It said different 22 radical were wounded portion waiting for assistance trucks.

Palestinian witnesses and wellness officials accidental Israeli forces person repeatedly opened occurrence connected crowds seeking desperately needed food, sidesplitting hundreds of radical successful caller weeks. The subject says it has fired informing shots astatine radical it said approached its forces successful a suspicious manner.

Separately, World Central Kitchen, the foundation tally by personage cook José Andrés, said it had resumed the organisation of blistery meals successful Gaza for the archetypal clip successful six weeks aft shutting down due to the fact that of Israel's blockade, which was loosened past period amid fears of famine.

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The Oct. 7 onslaught and Israel's violative ignited a concatenation of events starring to Israel's astonishment onslaught connected Iran past week. The United States entered the warfare overnight with attacks connected 3 Iranian atomic sites.

The Hostages Families Forum, the main enactment representing families of the hostages, has repeatedly called for a woody to merchandise the remaining captives.

"Particularly against the backdrop of existent subject developments and the important achievements successful Iran, we privation to stress that bringing backmost the remaining 50 hostages is the cardinal to achieving immoderate benignant of victory," it said successful a connection Sunday.

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Hamas has said it volition lone merchandise the remaining hostages successful instrumentality for much Palestinian prisoners, a lasting ceasefire and an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.

Netanyahu has rejected those terms, saying Israel volition proceed the warfare until each the hostages are returned and Hamas is defeated oregon disarmed and sent into exile. Even then, helium has said Israel volition support lasting power implicit Gaza and facilitate what helium refers to arsenic the voluntary emigration of overmuch of its population, plans the Palestinians and others presumption arsenic forcible expulsion.

The United States, Qatar and Egypt person been trying to broker a caller ceasefire and hostage merchandise aft Israel ended a truce successful March with a astonishment question of airstrikes. Those talks look to person made small advancement arsenic Israel has expanded its aerial and crushed offensive.