Rob Schmitz

According to his wife Ella, Haimi told her on the morning of the Hamas attack that there were terrorists nearby and asked her to lock up their house.

She and their three children survived, and she had their fourth child after his death.

There are still 15 deceased Israeli hostages left in Gaza, and Israel has handed over 150 deceased Palestinians so far in exchange for the bodies of its hostages.

Hamas says it is waiting for the delivery of digging equipment to recover the remaining bodies of Israeli hostages.

Rob Schmitz, NPR News, Tel Aviv.

I mean, Leila, these strikes, they've happened in the open waters.

So there have been no independent witnesses.

A lot of what we know comes from the U.S.

And what they're saying is they've struck at least seven vessels, which they allege were loaded with drugs coming to the U.S.

Last week, U.S.

forces attacked a semi-submersible.

A U.S.

official told NPR that it appeared to be headed toward Europe.

Two were killed and two were taken into custody in that incident.

The two survivors were sent back home to Colombia and Ecuador.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said another strike had occurred on Friday and that that boat belonged to a leftist Colombian guerrilla group.

Three were killed in that attack.

And Colombia's president said what the U.S.

blew up was a fishing vessel.

I think the big picture here is that it has been decades since the U.S.