Israel’s military has recovered the bodies of three more Israeli hostages from Gaza.
Orion Hernandez, Hanan Yablonka and Michel Nisenbaum were taken hostage by Hamas during the October 7 attacks.
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the bodies were recovered overnight on Thursday in the northern Gazan city of Jabalia.
Intense fighting has been taking place in Jabalia in recent days.
Around 250 hostages were taken in October, and Israel believes 130 hostages remain, many believed to be dead.
Last week the bodies of three other hostages were also recovered from Gaza.
Military spokesperson Daniel Hagari said Israel was determined to bring back the remaining hostages still held in Gaza.
“We will not stop fighting for their freedom,” Mr Hagari said.
“Every decent country would do the same”.
Yablonka, 42, and Hernandez, 30, were both killed at the Nova music festival that was taking place near Gaza on October 7.
Nisenbaum, 59, was killed while going to see his granddaughter.
Since Hamas’s October 7 attack, Israel’s Gaza offensive has killed more than 35,000 Palestinians, local health officials say.
Israel is facing increasing international pressure over its operation Gaza.
This week, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced he was seeking arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, over alleged war crimes.
Reuters