UN chief Antonio Guterres has reiterated the need for an “unconditional release” of captives held in Gaza and an end to the conflict following the news of six captives being found dead in southern Gaza, Al Jazeera reports.

“I will never forget my meeting last October with the parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin and other hostage families. Today’s tragic news is a devastating reminder of the need for the unconditional release of all hostages and an end to the nightmare of war in Gaza,” he wrote on X.

The body of Goldberg-Polin, an Israeli-American, was among those retrieved by the Israeli army on Saturday.