Yousef Al-Ziyadnah, 53, who was kidnapped during the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, was found dead in a tunnel in the Rafah area, a statement from the Israel Defense Forces said. The IDF said he had been “killed in captivity” and confirmed that the dead bodies of at least two Hamas operatives were found nearby.

A crowd of Israelis erupted in joy when they learned three women held captive for 15 months by Hamas had been freed as a tentative cease-fire took hold, which would see Palestinians released from Israeli jails,

Foreign Secretary David Lammy said ‘our thoughts are with’ British-linked hostages Eli Sharabi, Oded Lifshitz and Avinatan Or.