Greater than 240 individuals are thought to have been kidnapped Oct. 7.
Israeli authorities spokesman Eylon Levy stated Friday that 137 hostages remained in Gaza. The quantity consists of 15 whom the federal government stated had been killed and their our bodies nonetheless held by Hamas, bringing the estimated variety of residing hostages nonetheless being held in Gaza to 122.
The vast majority of them are Israelis or twin nationals, and male. Fewer than 10 Individuals stay in captivity in Gaza, in response to John Kirby, spokesman for the White Home Nationwide Safety Council. The one kids on Israel’s listing of remaining hostages are Kfir Bibas, who was 9 months outdated when he was kidnapped, and his 4-year-old brother, Ariel. Israel has stated it’s assessing Hamas’s claims that the Bibas kids and their mom, Shiri, had been killed.
Eleven of the remaining hostages are international nationals, Levy has stated. The remaining 11 international nationals embrace eight Thai residents, one Nepali, one Tanzanian, and one French-Mexican, in response to Levy.
