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Israeli military said its troops in Gaza found the bodies of three Israeli hostages taken by Hamas during its October 7 attack, including German-Israeli Shani Louk. A photo of the 22-year-old Shani's twisted body in the back of a pickup truck ricocheted around the world and brought to light the scale of the militants' attack on communities in southern Israel. The military identified the other two bodies found as those of a 28-year-old woman, Amit Buskila, and a 56-year-old man, Itzhak Gelerenter. Military spokesman Rear Adm Daniel Hagari said all three were killed by Hamas at the Nova music festival, an outdoor dance party near the Gaza border, and their bodies taken into the Palestinian territory. The military did not give immediate details on where their bodies were found. Hamas-led militants killed around 1,200 people, mainly civilians, and abducted around 250 others in the October 7 attack. Around half of those have since been freed, most in swaps for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel during a weeklong cease-fire in November. Israel says around 100 hostages are still captive in Gaza, along with the bodies of around 30 more. Israel's campaign in Gaza since the attack has killed more than 35,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza health officials.First aid arrives on US pier
Meanwhile, the UK says its first batch of aid to Gaza via a new US-built pier was offloaded on Friday, consisting of temporary shelters made of plastic sheeting.
The UK government said in a statement the first of a planned 8400 temporary shelters arrived in Gaza alongside aid from the U.S. and the United Arab Emirates.
More aid, including 2000 additional temporary shelters, 900 tents, five forklift trucks and 9200 hygiene kits will be dispatched in the coming weeks. Before being shipped to Gaza, the aid undergoes security screening at the port of Larnaca on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus.
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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak repeated that although more aid will reach Gaza through the maritime corridor, more land routes need to be opened —including the crucial Rafah crossing — to help civilians in desperate need of help.
Heavy fighting and Israeli restrictions on land border crossings have hindered the entry food and other crucial supplies to Gaza.
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