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00:00At 35 years old when he was kidnapped, Yegev Bursab was the youngest of the six hostages
00:06whose bodies were found in Gaza.
00:09His death was confirmed by the Israeli army at the end of July, along with 75-year-old
00:15Alex Dank.
00:16They'd already confirmed the identities of the other four men in June.
00:20Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his condolences to their families,
00:25yet the nephew of one of those men, Abraham Munda, says he feels betrayed and abandoned
00:30by the Israeli government.
00:33He saw television and heard some radio broadcasts.
00:37I'm sure that he heard what is going on in Israel.
00:41It must have broke his heart to see that people from his own government are objecting to sign
00:49a deal that will get him back home.
00:52According to a former hostage, all six had been held together in a tunnel in Khan Younis
00:57after being kidnapped on October 7th.
01:00It's believed they were killed at the beginning of the year.
01:02The recovery of their bodies was achieved with Israeli intelligence.
01:06The government's now under increased pressure to agree to a ceasefire after a 10-month military
01:12response to the Hamas kidnappings and murders, with devastating consequences for the Palestinian
01:17enclave.
01:19According to Hamas health authorities, Israeli strikes have killed at least 34 people in
01:24just 24 hours, including at this school where displaced people were staying.
01:30In the Buraysh refugee camp, an entire family were killed.
01:36This is my aunt's house.
01:38She's not responsible for anything.
01:39She's a peaceful person.
01:41She's a teacher.
01:42Her house had already been hidden.
01:44She survived.
01:45But despite all that, she carried on living there.
01:48Despite the rubble.
01:52There are still 109 hostages being held in Gaza.
01:56The Israeli army believes that 34 of them are no longer alive.
02:00According to Hamas, more than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in the war over the last
02:0410 months.