Israel has recovered the bodies of six hostages from an underground tunnel in southern Gaza the military said on Sunday sparking protests in Jerusalem and calls for an immediate deal with Hamas to release further hostages they should have come back alive they could have come back alive we need a deal now they need to come back alive an Israeli military spokesperson listed the names of the six hostages for reporters on Sunday alexov aloki H Goldberg poin carel Gat the military said the six were kidnapped by Hamas on October 7th but killed not long before Israel troops reached them less than a mile from the tunnel from which another hostage CED farahan aladi was rescued a few days ago among the group was 23-year-old Israeli American pers Goldberg poin a video of his kidnap from a music festival near Gaza was released by Hamas in late April he was one of about 250 hostages taken in hamas's Killing Spree through southern Israel on October 7th that sparked the war in Gaza according to Israeli tallies about 1,200 people were killed in that assault since then at least 4,691 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's military offensive in Gaza the enclaves Health Ministry says prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would not rest until it catches those responsible for the killings adding that his government is committed to achieving a deal to release the remaining hostages senior Hamas officials said that Israel in its refusal to sign a ceasefire agreement was to blame for the deaths in a statement issued by the White House US President Joe Biden said he was devastated and outraged by the news