Of the 251 hostages taken on October 7, 116 have been launched (File)
Greater than 10 months after Hamas brokers attacked Israel and took 251 folks hostage, 71 folks believed to be alive are nonetheless being held in Gaza, in accordance with an AFP database.
The Israeli army stated 34 extra of the useless remained in Palestinian territory.
The hostages are a key bargaining chip for Hamas, the Palestinian group that guidelines Gaza, because it negotiates a truce with Israel.
Hostage Avraham Munder, 79, was declared useless by the kibbutz whereas in captivity within the Gaza Strip, and Israeli forces repatriated his physique and 5 others.
57 males, 12 ladies, two kids
Of the 251 hostages initially taken on October 7, 116 hostages (primarily ladies and youngsters) have been launched, most throughout a week-long truce in November after they had been exchanged for Israeli prisons Palestinian prisoners held in
The Israeli army stated that whereas 71 folks remained hostages and had been believed to be alive, 34 others had been confirmed useless.
The army additionally repatriated the our bodies of 30 hostages who both died in Gaza or had been killed on October 7 and have been transported to the area.
Of the 71 individuals who should be alive, 64 are Israelis (a few of whom have a couple of nationality), six are Thai and one is Nepalese.
They included 57 males, 12 ladies and two kids. Eleven are army personnel.
dying after dying
For the reason that finish of the truce on December 1, 2023, solely six hostages have been rescued alive, all throughout operations by Israeli forces.
The destiny of the 71 hostages who haven’t but been confirmed useless is unsure.
The Hamas armed group stated on August 12 that its militants shot useless an Israeli hostage and wounded two others, each ladies, in “two separate incidents” in Gaza.
Hamas has introduced the dying of hostages many instances earlier than, however Israel has not confirmed it.
These embody the youngest hostage lion cub, who was solely eight and a half months outdated when he was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz. He was taken away alongside along with his mom Shiri Bibas, 32, and his brother Ariel, who was 4 on the time.
The Israeli military stated on August 20 that it had recovered the our bodies of six hostages, together with Mond, from the Khan Younis space in southern Gaza. Others beforehand pronounced useless had been Yagev Buchshtab, Alexander Dancyg, Yoram Metzger, Nadav Papur Nadav Popplewell and Chaim Perry.
Our bodies taken to Gaza
By the point Hamas brokers introduced the hostages to Gaza on October 7, 35 of the 64 hostages had been already useless, greater than half of them.
Twenty-nine different hostages died within the space. Three of them had been by chance killed by Israeli troops on December 15, 2023.
Competition, kibbutz survivors
Many of the surviving hostages in Gaza had been taken throughout Hamas assaults on the Nova Music Competition and the Nir Ozkibbutz.
No less than 22 folks kidnapped through the competition are believed to be alive and nonetheless being held in Gaza.
Of the 43 hostages held in Nova, solely 9 had been launched and 12 died.
In Kibbutz Nir Oz, greater than half (38) of the no less than 74 hostages taken on 7 October have been rescued alive, whereas 20 hostages stay in Gaza and are believed to be alive. The remaining 16 folks have died.
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