The Palestinian group Islamic Jihad announced late on Tuesday the death of one of the Israeli hostages it has held since the October 7 attacks on Israel.
"We previously expressed our willingness to release her for humanitarian reasons, but the enemy was stalling and this led to her death," Al Quds Brigades said on its Telegram channel.
Reports online named the hostage as 76-year-old Katzir Hanna, kidnapped from Nir Oz.