The IDF says it can neither confirm nor deny claims made by the military wing of the Hamas terror group this evening that a female hostage was recently killed in the northern Gaza Strip.Hudhaifa Kahlout — known by the nom de guerre Abu Obeida — the spokesman for the al-Qassam Brigades,

A spokesperson for Hamas' armed wing said on Saturday that a female Israeli hostage had been killed in an area of northern Gaza that had been struck by Israeli forces. (Reporting by Hatem Maher and Ahmed Tolba;