Israeli Army Shows Tunnel Where Six Hostages Were Killed

The Israeli army released a video showing what is said to be the tunnel in which the 6 hostages' whose bodies were recovered were staying and killed there.

Israeli military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari was seen the the video showing the tunnel and elements found in it, stating that all item are taken for forensic checks.

In the video Hagari pointed at stains on the ground of the tunnel and said that that is where the six hostages were killed.

The six hostages were killed on the night of Aug. 29, Hagari said. Their bodies were found and retrieved by Israeli soldiers in the southern Gaza area of Rafah around two days later.

The six dead hostages were two women and four men aged between 23 and 40, five of whom were taken from the Nova dance festival attacked by militants on Oct. 7 last year.

Meanwhile The European Union is working on reaching a ceasefire and hostage deal in the ongoing war in Gaza, EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell said in Cairo.

"A ceasefire has been announced so many times, we are almost there, but we are not there. Why? Why? Quiet simple: because those who are waging war have no interest in putting an end to it. So, they are pretending, less and less pretending," Borrell said during a news conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, in Cairo.

Borrell visited Egypt’s side of the Rafah border crossing and said the European Union is ready to leverage its logistics to assist in reopening the border crossing. He also met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

Since then, more than 40,800 Palestinians have been killed by Israel's offensive in the enclave, according to the Gaza health ministry, with around 92,000 wounded.