Families accuse Netanyahu of failing to return Israeli captives alive

The families of Israeli captives held in Gaza have accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of failing to bring their relatives home alive amid growing calls for a general strike to force a deal with Hamas. 

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum on Sunday blamed Netanyahu's government for blocking the deal that could have secured the release of the captives. 

Their statement came after the Israeli military announced it recovered the bodies of six Israeli captives from Gaza overnight. 

All six were alive when Hamas and other Palestinian groups captured them on 7 October. According to Israeli media, at least three of them were on prisoner exchange lists that Hamas agreed to in July. 

The exact circumstances of their deaths were not immediately clear.

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