Earlier, the army announced that troops had recovered the body of a hostage abducted by Palestinian militants during the Oct 7 attack and later murdered in captivity in the Gaza Strip.
The recovery of Elad Katzir’s body brings to 12 the number of bodies of hostages which the army says it has brought home from Gaza during the war.
The Hamas attack resulted in the deaths of 1,170 people in southern Israel, most of them civilians, according to Israeli figures.
Israel’s retaliatory offensive against Hamas has killed at least 33,137 people in Gaza, mostly women and children, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory.
About 250 Israelis and foreigners were taken hostage by militants on Oct 7.
The army says 129 are still being held in Gaza, including 34 who are presumed dead.
Demonstrators are to take to the streets again on Sunday, with a rally planned in Jerusalem.
Source: CNA
