Israel’s military announced Sunday that it recovered the bodies of six hostages it said were murdered by Hamas. The captives, including Israeli American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, were among more than 200 people taken by militants into Gaza following Hamas' deadly cross-border rampage on October 7.?
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said their bodies were found in a Hamas-run tunnel under the city of Rafah, and that they were “brutally” murdered “a short while” before troops were able to reach them.
The development sparked protests across Israel, with fresh public anger directed at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his cabinet for failing to secure a ceasefire-for-hostage deal.
Here are some of the stories that made headlines over the past week, as well as some photos that caught our eye.