The one thing Israelis agree on: rescuing the hostages

Bodies of hostages have been located in Gaza before, but this time was different. Forensic evidence points to the six having survived until being executed by their captors shortly before they were found. The possibility that some might have been freed alive as part of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas stoked anger towards Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, who has been blocking such a deal, despite Israel’s security chiefs broadly favouring one.