Donald Trump should not focus his rescue efforts solely on American hostages, the father of a British-Israeli man killed on Oct 7 has said.

Aner Shapira, 22, died during a battle with Hamas fighters outside the Nova musical festival.

Despite being unarmed and dressed in just a T-shirt and sandals, Mr Shapira, an off-duty soldier who was with 26 other young Israelis, fought off the terrorists for more than 30 minutes by throwing out seven live grenades they had tossed into the bomb shelter he was hiding in.

An eighth device fatally wounded him.

His parents’ renewed plea for the return of all Israeli hostages comes after the release of Edan Alexander, a 21-year-old US citizen, who was freed following direct talks between US officials and Hamas, controversially leaving Israel out of the process.