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Israelis demand hostage deal six months on from Hamas attacks - BBC News Israelis demand hostage deal six months on from Hamas attacks - BBC News
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Lyse Doucet A spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tells the BBC that the military is regrouping and conducting preparations for its next stage in the war.
Chief international correspondent, in southern Israel Lt Col Peter Lerner says: "This is another stage in the war effort."
A crowd of smiling, laughing, faces stare from fields in southern Israel. It comes after reports this morning that the IDF has withdrawn all of its ground troops on active manoeuvres from southern Gaza.
They’re photographs of the killed and kidnapped in a memorial to that fateful day when Hamas gunmen turned their celebration at the Nova Music Festival into a slaughter. Lerner says the IDF's military campaign is "continuously evolving".
More than 370 festival goers were shot, beaten, or burnt to death; more than 40 were dragged across the Gaza boundary nearby. "The war is not over. War can only be over when they [hostages] come home and when Hamas is gone."
Today, candles are being lit in the sea of Israeli flags and flowers, teddy bears, and other mementos to young lives brutally cut short. Families who lost loved ones gathered for a press conference and prayer as buses kept pulling up, bringing students, soldiers, mourners. He says the military completed its mission in the Khan Younis area and its troops will rotate out.
“Before October 7th, I could imagine peace,” reflected Shimon Buskila, whose 25-year old son Jordan perished that day. "It is a decline in the forces but there are more operations that need to be conducted. Rafah is clearly a stronghold. We need to dismantle Hamas' capabilities wherever they are."
Anger still seethes over Israel’s shocking security failure, mixed with raw grief. “October 7th is a tragedy that could - and should - have been avoided.”
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