Hamas has aired a video of three Israeli
hostages it is holding in Gaza, urging Israel to
halt its offensive and bring about their release.
The undated 37-second video shows Noa
Argamani, 26, Yossi Sharabi, 53, and Itai Svirsky,
38, who were among those taken by Hamas
fighters during the 7 October attacks.
Sky News has chosen not to share the Hamas
video.
It comes as the White House said it was "the
right time" for Israel to scale back its military
operations in Gaza.
Much of the densely-populated strip of land has
been razed to the ground by the Israel Defence
Forces (IDF), and the Hamas-run health ministry
says some 24,100 people have been killed and
nearly 61,000 wounded.
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Around half of the 240 hostages taken by Hamas
were released during the short-lived November
truce, but Israel says 132 remain in Gaza and
that 25 have died in captivity.
Speaking on CBS, White House national security
council spokesman John Kirby said the US has
been speaking to Israel "about a transition to
low-intensity operations" in Gaza.
"We believe it's the right time for that transition.
And we're talking to them about doing that," he
said on Face The Nation.
The war has sent tensions soaring across the
region, with Israel trading fire almost daily with
Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group and Iranian-
backed militias attacking US targets in Syria and
Iraq.
In addition, Yemen's Houthi rebels have been
targeting international shipping, drawing a wave
of UK and US air strikes last week .
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A Gaza resident sits next to writing painted on a
wall amid the rubble of his neighbour's house
Meanwhile, at least 14 people were injured in
an attack near Tel Aviv in Israel on Monday
morning, according to emergency services.
With the fate of the three hostages uncertain,
Israeli forces bombarded targets in the south,
north and centre of Gaza on
Monday.
In Al Nusseirat refugee camp, local journalist
Doaa el Baz showed footage to Reuters of what
had once been the street where she lived.
"This whole neighbourhood is destroyed," she
said. "Not a single house has been spared."
"They killed all our dreams here. The house
where I grew up and spent all my childhood,"
she said, her voice trembling.



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