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Added on the 13/10/2023 17:17:00 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Drone images show burnt-out and abandoned vehicles at the site of the Supernova festival, in Negev desert in southern Israel after it was attacked by Palestinian militants. About 250 bodies were found strewn across the site of a music festival in a Negev desert kibbutz, mostly young people, while other revellers were among the more than 100 hostages abducted into Gaza. IMAGES
A framework for the release of hostages held in Gaza is to be relayed to Hamas, Qatar's prime minister says following meetings with US, Israeli and Egyptian officials. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani says "good progress" had been made during talks between the parties who were "hoping to relay this proposal to Hamas and to get them to a place where they engage positively and constructively in the process". SOUNDBITE
Israelis gather in Tel Aviv to organise a symbolic first birthday celebration for Kfir Bibas, the youngest Israeli hostage held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. He was less than nine months old when militants snatched him from his bed on October 7. IMAGES
Mourners gather for the funeral of 74-year-old Israeli-Canadian peace activist Vivian Silver whose killing in the Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7 was confirmed days ago. Silver had set up aid programs for Gazans, helping them to seek medical treatment in Israel. IMAGES
"I am begging the world to bring my baby back home", urges the mother of a young French-Israeli hostage girl, Mia Shem, abducted on October 7 in Israel by Hamas. On Monday, the Islamist movement posted on its official Telegram account the video of "one of the prisoners in Gaza" in which a young woman speaking Hebrew appears. The caption states that she was abducted "on the first day" of the Hamas attack on Israeli soil. SOUNDBITE
Shlomi Ziv, one of the four Israeli hostages rescued after being held captive the Gaza Strip since the October 7 attacks, arrives at his home in Moshav Elqosh, in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon. On June 8 Israel said its forces rescued four hostages alive from a Gaza refugee camp. The four were kidnapped by Hamas at the Nova music festival on October 7. IMAGES