Israel offering over £240m for safe return of hostages still held by Hamas

ISRAEL is offering much than £240million for the harmless instrumentality of hostages inactive held by Hamas.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Palestinians in Gaza who helped his forces retrieve the 65 oregon truthful captives would beryllium paid $5million — £3.9million — for each 1 safely returned.

Mr Netanyahu made the connection successful a sojourn to the Strip with caller defence curate Israel Katz.

He said: “Whoever brings america a hostage volition find a harmless mode retired for himself and his family.

“We’ll besides springiness $5million for each hostage.”

But helium besides issued a informing to those inactive keeping the men, women and children captive much than a twelvemonth aft 251 were snatched successful the October 7 massacre.

He said: “Whoever dares to harm our hostages volition wage the price

“We volition prosecute you and we volition find you.”

During the sojourn to the Strip connected Tuesday Mr Netanyahu insisted that Hamas would not beryllium allowed to govern successful Gaza erstwhile the struggle is over.

He said: “We are destroying its subject capabilities successful a precise awesome manner, and we are moving connected to its ruling capabilities. Hamas volition not beryllium successful Gaza.

“Israel is besides doing everything it tin to find our hostages, and instrumentality them.

"We are not letting up. We volition proceed to bash truthful until we get them each — some the surviving and the dead.”