Israel has stated 24 hostages are alive in Gaza – after Donald Trump stated there have been 21.
The US president instructed reporters on Tuesday that three extra hostages held by Hamas in Gaza had died – alarming their households.
In a publish on X on Wednesday, Gal Hirsch, Israel’s coordinator for hostage points, stated the Palestinian militant group was holding 59 hostages of whom 24 had been alive and 35 lifeless – figures unchanged since earlier than Mr Trump’s feedback.
He stated 54 of the 59 had been Israeli residents and 5 of them had been international nationals.
“All families of the kidnapped are always updated with the information we have about their loved ones,” he stated.
The group representing the households of hostages had requested the Israeli authorities to share any new info with them instantly following Mr Trump’s feedback.
It argues that Israel ought to cease the combating and negotiate the discharge of the remaining hostages.
“This is the most urgent and important national mission,” it stated on a publish on X.
Many of the hostages returned alive to Israel to date have been launched as a part of offers with Hamas throughout two short-term ceasefires in late 2023 and early 2025.
The newest ceasefire that noticed a pause within the combating and the change of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners fell aside in March.
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Hamas took 251 hostages in its assaults on Israel on 7 October 2023 through which it killed 1,200 individuals.
Israel has responded with an air and floor assault on Gaza.
The Hamas-run Gaza well being ministry says greater than 52,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli assaults for the reason that begin of the conflict. Its figures don’t differentiate between civilians and fighters.
Israel says its two conflict goals are to destroy Hamas and launch the hostages.
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Israel broadcasts plans for Gaza
On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu introduced an enlargement of its offensive on Gaza – rising its maintain on the territory, for an indefinite period of time.
The plan consists of seizing Gaza, holding on to captured territories, forcibly displacing Palestinians to southern Gaza and taking management of assist distribution together with personal safety corporations.
