Israeli PM Netanyahu has said “intense fighting” will resume in Gaza if hostages are not returned by Saturday. Meanwhile, Trump is meeting with Jordan’s king to discuss his plans for Gaza. 

Israel has announced the death of an elderly Israeli hostage, saying Hamas militants killed him during the October 2023 terror attack.

The Israeli military said the man’s body had been taken to Gaza after the attacks, where it remains. 

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had notified the family of 85-year-old Shlomo Mansour of his death based on “intelligence gathered in recent months.”

“Today, IDF representatives informed the family of Shlomo Mansour, who was brutally abducted from Kibbutz Kissufim into the Gaza Strip, that he was murdered by the Hamas terrorist organization on October 7, 2023, and that his body is being held hostage in the Gaza Strip,” the military said in a statement.