Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to bring back all hostages still held by Palestinian militants in Gaza, as Israel marked the first anniversary of the October 7 attack by Hamas, AFP reports.

“On this day, in this place, and in many places across our country, we remember our dead, our hostages, whom we are obligated to bring back and our heroes who fell in defence of the homeland and the nation. We went through a terrible massacre a year ago,” Netanyahu said in a statement released by his office.

The premier’s comments came just hours after an Israeli campaign group announced the death of another hostage held in Gaza.

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum said Idan Shtivi, 28, was abducted from the site of the Nova music festival and his “body is still held captive by Hamas”.