Greater than 240 persons are thought to have been kidnapped Oct. 7.
A press release from Israeli Prime Minister’s workplace on Monday mentioned that 137 hostages had been remaining in Gaza. That quantity consists of 15 whom the federal government mentioned 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.
Nearly all of them are Israelis or twin nationals, and male. Fewer than 10 People stay in captivity in Gaza, based on John Kirby, spokesman for the White Home Nationwide Safety Council. The one youngsters on Israel’s record of remaining hostages are Kfir Bibas, who was 9 months outdated when he was kidnapped, and his 4-year-old brother, Ariel. Israel has mentioned it’s assessing Hamas’s claims that the Bibas youngsters and their mom, Shiri, had been killed.
Eleven of the remaining hostages are international nationals, Israeli authorities spokesman Eylon Levy has mentioned. The remaining 11 international nationals embrace eight Thai residents, one Nepali, one Tanzanian, and one French-Mexican, based on Levy.