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Israel dropped leaflets asking Gaza’s residents for help finding the remaining hostages taken by Hamas.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
132 hostages taken on October 7 remain unaccounted for, Israel says.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
The death toll in Gaza has topped 25,000 amid the continued\u00a0bombardment of the besieged enclave.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Israeli forces have dropped leaflets in Gaza asking residents for help finding hostages taken by Hamas on October 7, as bombardment of the besieged strip continues.<\/p>\n
The leaflets dropped in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza strip, on Saturday featured photos of 33 hostages with their names written in Arabic.<\/p>\n
“Do you want to return home? Please make the call if you recognize one of them,” the leaflets read<\/u><\/a>, per Reuters.<\/p>\n Hamas took around 240 hostages to Gaza from Israel after its surprise attack in October. Since then, more than 100 hostages have been released as part of temporary cease-fire agreements.<\/p>\n Israel says that 132 hostages remain unaccounted for, of which around 27 are believed to be dead, per Reuters.<\/p>\n The leaflets were dropped in Rafah, where over a million Palestinians are taking shelter amid intense bombing and fighting between Israel Defense Forces and Palestinian fighters in the enclave.<\/p>\n “They are asking people’s help because they are unable to get to their hostages because of the resistance,” Abu Ali, a north Gaza resident, told Reuters. “End the war, Netanyahu<\/a><\/span><\/span>, and get your people back.”<\/p>\n Meanwhile, more than 25,000 Palestinians have been killed since Israel began its aerial bombardment campaign and ground invasion, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.<\/p>\n The ministry does not distinguish between civilians and combatants in its death toll but says around two-thirds of those killed were women and children, which is supported by United Nations estimates.<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n The families of Israeli hostages have also called on Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu to find a solution to free the remaining hostages.<\/p>\n Several families camped outside<\/u><\/a> one of Netanyahu’s residences on Friday night to protest what they described as government inaction to free their captured relatives.<\/p>\n “He needs to choose\u2026and end the hostage saga,” said Eli Shtivi, whose son Idan is one of the hostages<\/u><\/a>, per The Times of Israel.<\/p>\n Read the original article on Business Insider<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n