BANJAMín netanyahu Foto: GPO / Maayan Toaf Vía Flickr
The prime minister, Benjamín Netanyahu, acknowledged that three more hostages, which if confirmed would increase the figure to 38 of the 59, may have died in the Gaza Strip, after the US president, Donald Trump, said that only 21 hostages are alive in the strip.
“There are three others that, unfortunately, there is a doubt of whether they are alive,” Netyahu said in a video in Hebrew in his account in social network X.
On Tuesday, Trump said there were only 21 live captives in Gaza, and not 24, as the Israeli defense estate had previously stated, and causing a stir among the relatives of the captives.
“Today there are 21. Three have died,” Trump announced yesterday without giving more details. “There are 21, in addition to many bodies,” he said.
His comments occurred a day after the government approved on Monday the “conquest” of the Gaza Strip and remain in the coastal enclave for an indeterminate time; An initiative that will include, according to an official source, the evacuation of the Gazatí population towards the south.
Israel also considers the entry of humanitarian aid -looked since March 2 -, but controlling its access and the way it is distributed; Because so far that assistance has been used by Hamas to finance and to ensure the dependence of the population of the Strip, thus guaranteeing the survival of the Islamic terrorist organization.
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