British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has labelled the killing of six Israeli hostages in Gaza ” horrific and senseless “. The Israel Defense Forces said the bodies of Carmel Gat , 40 , Eden Yerushalmi , 24 , Hersh Goldberg – Polin , 23 , Alexander Lobanov , 33 , Almog Sarusi , 27 , and Ori Danino , 25 , were found and recovered on Saturday . The Israeli army said the bodies were recovered from a tunnel in the southern Gaza city of Rafah , around half a mile from where another hostage , Qaid Farhan Alkadi , 52 , was rescued alive last week . Starmer posted on social media site X : ” I am completely shocked at the horrific and senseless killing of six hostages in Gaza by Hamas . My thoughts are with their loved ones at this awful time . ” Hamas must release all the hostages now , and a ceasefire deal must be agreed by all sides immediately to end the suffering .” British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said on X : ” The UK condemns Hamas ‘ appalling murder of 6 innocent hostages in Gaza in the strongest terms . I
offer my deepest condolences to those grieving at this awful time . ” Hamas must release all the hostages immediately , and all sides must accept the deal on the table to end this war .” Shadow home secretary James Cleverly posted : ” The heartbreaking news of the murder of these hostages serves as a brutal reminder of the ongoing suffering Hamas are causing since October 7th . ” Everything must be done to get all hostages out of the hands of Hamas .” Nivi Feldman , co – chair of The Hostages and Missing Families Forum UK , said a gathering will take place later on Sunday to ” mourn and pray together “. She said : ” We are devastated to learn that these hostages have been murdered so brutally . ” We are calling for a deal to be made today . ” We will come together later to mourn and pray together for their souls . ” We ‘ re devastated that such pure souls were taken out of parties , they were taken out of homes , it ‘ s just devastating . ” The community is in shock , the community is in mourning , the commun
ity wants their suffering to end .” dpa pa era
Source: The Namibia News Agency