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Israel-Gaza war updates: Hamas says Israel refused offer to free 2 hostages

Here are the updates from the Israel-Hamas war on Saturday October 21, 2023.

pa06510392 (FILE) - An Israeli Air Force F-16 fighter jet takes off during the joint Air Forces drill 'Blue Flag' at the Ovda Air Force Base in the Negev Desert near Eilat, southern Israel, 08 November 2017 (issued 10 February 2018). Israeli media reports that an Israeli F-16 warplane was shot down by Syrian anti-aircraft systems, on 10 February 2018, and the two crew ejected and parachuted to safety in Israel with the aircraft crashing in Israeli territory near Haifa. EPA-EFE/ABIR SULTAN
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By Mersiha Gadzo, Priyanka Shankar and Federica Marsi
Published On 20 Oct 202320 Oct 2023

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