Netanyahu says Israel offering $5 million reward for each Gaza hostage freed

FRANCE 24

18 November 2024 at 5:30 pm·1-min read

In this file photo, relatives and supporters of Israeli captives held in Gaza since the October 7 attacks by Hamas militants chant slogans and hold a portrait of 24-year-old Israeli hostage Matan Zangauker, during a demonstration calling for a deal to be made for their release, in Tel Aviv, Israel on April 12, 2024.

Speaking from within Gaza itself during a visit, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel had not given up on locating the remaining hostages in Gaza, and is offering a $5 million reward for each Gaza hostage freed. "Anyone who dares to harm our hostages will have blood on their head. We will hunt you down and get you," he said. This live blog is no longer being updated.

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Yesterday's key developments:

Hezbollah announced the death of its spokesman Mohammed Afif, who according to one security source was among four people killed in an Israeli strike on central Beirut on Sunday.
Israel's military on Sunday told AFP that it had struck "over 200 targets" since Saturday morning in Lebanon, where it escalated air strikes in late September against the Iran-backed Hezbollah group.
The Israeli army on Sunday said it struck militant targets near Beit Lahia in northern Gaza where emergency service providers said 30 people were killed after an Israeli air strike.

(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)

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