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A funeral was held Friday in Israel for Noa Marciano, a 19-year-old Israeli soldier who was taken hostage by Hamas on October 7 and whose body was found near the Al-Shifa hospital complex in Gaza this week, the Israel Defense Forces said. On Thursday, another hostage’s body, that of 65-year-old Yehudit Weiss, was found near Al-Shifa, according to the IDF.
“The national task before our eyes is to locate the missing and return the abducted persons home,” the IDF said in a statement Friday. “We will not cease from the mission until it is completed.”
The IDF said targeted intelligence allowed it to locate the exact location of Marciano’s body.
The IDF has claimed that Al-Shifa, home to Gaza’s largest hospital, sits above a main Hamas command center. The U.S. has said it also has intelligence to support Israel’s claims.
Israel released photos and video clips Thursday showing what it described as Hamas “terror infrastructure” inside the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, including an “operational tunnel shaft,” weapons and ammunition.
Israel has indicated that it could expand its operations inside Gaza further south, where hundreds of thousands of civilians from the north have fled after being told to evacuate for safety. On Thursday, Israel dropped leaflets on areas near the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis telling civilians to evacuate, the Associated Press reported.
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