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We're going to start with our world lead as Israel continues its siege of Gaza's largest hospital.

Its forces have found the body, they report,

of a second Israeli hostage near the Alshifa Medical

Complex.

This is 19-year-old Noah Marciano. She was a corporal in the Israel Defense Forces. She was

kidnapped by Hamas during the terrorist attacks on October 7th. Hamas confirmed

her death earlier this week. They claim she was killed in an Israeli

airstrike. Israel denies it. We have no way of knowing the truth. The body of

65-year-old Yhudit Weiss was found yesterday around the same area.

It's not clear if the two women were found together.

With those two and the discovery of part of the skull

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