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Four more hostages dead, piling pressure on Netanyahu

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Jerusalem | Four more hostages kidnapped on October 7 have been declared dead by the Israeli military — including three elderly men seen in a Hamas video begging to be released.

The announcement on Monday (Tuesday AEST) piled pressure on the Israeli government to agree to a US ceasefire proposal that could secure the return of the hostages still held in Gaza and end the eight-month war.

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