Because the assault, 112 hostages held within the Gaza Strip have been freed. A deal between Israel and Hamas, mediated by Qatar, paused the combating on Nov. 24 and allowed for the discharge of ladies and kids in change for Palestinian girls and youths in Israeli prisons. Nevertheless, combating restarted Dec. 1, with Israeli warplanes resuming strikes in Gaza.
In the course of the pause, 81 Israeli residents — together with those that additionally maintain citizenship from different international locations — had been launched. Underneath the deal’s framework, each Israeli hostage freed would provoke the discharge of three Palestinian prisoners. Exterior the framework of the change deal, 24 overseas nationals — who don’t maintain Israeli citizenship — had been freed. Some hostages — together with two People — had been additionally launched or rescued outdoors of the deal.
The variety of hostages who’ve died in captivity and the ages, genders and nationalities of these remaining in Gaza are unclear. Israel has estimated that almost all of these remaining have Israeli citizenship and are male. It’s unclear what number of are members of the Israeli navy. Two People — Abigail Edan, 4, and Liat Beinin Atzili, 49 — had been launched underneath the change deal. Fewer than 10 U.S. residents at the moment are held hostage, based on the White Home.
Whereas Hamas is assumed to carry a lot of the hostages, some are believed to be held by different militant teams, together with Palestinian Islamic Jihad, whose fighters additionally took half within the Oct. 7 assault. Israel blames Hamas for the deaths of some hostages, and it stated no less than three had been killed in its personal operations; Hamas says Israeli strikes have killed some hostages. The Washington Publish couldn’t independently confirm both facet’s claims.
Here’s a checklist of the hostages launched and what’s identified about those that stay.
Variety of hostages remaining in Gaza: An estimated 96
In line with the Israeli authorities, 253 individuals had been thought to have been kidnapped on Oct. 7. The Israeli Prime Minister’s workplace says that of the 130 hostages taken on Oct. 7 who’re nonetheless held in Gaza, 34 at the moment are confirmed lifeless, bringing the estimated variety of residing hostages to 96. Israel contains hostages who had been killed, with their our bodies nonetheless held by Hamas, in its rely.
The vast majority of the remaining hostages are Israelis or twin nationals, and male. Some People are believed to stay in captivity in Gaza. The one youngsters on Israel’s checklist of remaining hostages are Kfir Bibas, who was 9 months previous when he was kidnapped, and his 4-year-old brother, Ariel. Israel has stated it’s assessing Hamas’s claims that the Bibas youngsters and their mom, Shiri, had been killed.
Ten of the remaining hostages are overseas nationals, based on Israel. Israel beforehand described the breakdown as eight Thai residents, one Nepali citizen and one French-Mexican citizen.
Names of hostages launched or freed outdoors of the deal
Earlier than the pause in combating, Hamas launched 4 hostages in two batches in October. People Judith Raanan, 59, and her daughter Natalie, 17, had been launched Oct. 20. Hamas stated this was for “humanitarian causes,” with out elaborating.
Yocheved Lifshitz and Nurit Cooper, Israeli girls of their 70s and 80s, had been launched Oct. 23, for what Hamas referred to as “crushing humanitarian causes.” Their husbands stay in captivity.
Israel stated one among its troopers who was taken within the Hamas incursion was launched after a rescue operation in late October. The soldier was recognized as Pvt. Ori Megidish.
In mid-February, Israel’s navy stated it rescued two Israeli Argentine twin nationals, Fernando Simon Marman and Luis Har, amid lethal airstrikes on Rafah.
Hostages reported lifeless: No less than 45
It is unclear how lots of the remaining hostages are nonetheless alive.
Israel stated it has recovered 11 our bodies of hostages from Gaza, together with a number of whose deaths it blames on Hamas and a few who’ve been killed in its personal operations.
- Nineteen-year-old Cpl. Noa Marciano and Yehudit Weiss, a 65-year-old who was taken from Kibbutz Beeri, had been “murdered in captivity,” Israel has stated. After Hamas stated Marciano was killed by an Israeli strike, the Israel Protection Forces stated intelligence and a “preliminary pathological report” indicated that Hamas killed Marciano after an Israeli strike wounded her. The Publish couldn’t independently confirm the declare, and Israel didn’t present the proof on which it based mostly its evaluation. Hamas militants have stated some hostages had been killed in Israeli airstrikes, however they haven’t produced proof that corroborates their claims.
- In December, the IDF stated it recovered the our bodies of six hostages and returned them to Israel: Ofir Tzarfati, Eden Zakaria, Ziv Dado, Ron Sherman, Nik Beizer and Elia Toledano. Zakaria, 27, was taken hostage in the course of the Hamas music pageant assault; Dado, 36, was a logistics supervisor within the IDF’s Golani Brigade; whereas Beizer was a driver and Sherman a noncommissioned officer, each with Israel’s Coordination and Liaison Administration for Gaza, based on the IDF.
- Israel has additionally stated that its troopers mistakenly shot lifeless three hostages — Yotam Haim and Alon Shamriz of Kibbutz Kfar Aza and Samer Al-Talalka of Kibbutz Nir Am — throughout combating in Gaza.
Israel stated there are 34 further hostages it believes had been killed whose our bodies haven’t been recovered, together with one who was killed in a rescue try. That quantity contains one Tanzanian employee. It stated it has been updating its checklist of hostages killed based mostly on affirmation from “intelligence and different measures.” Its checklist appeared additionally to incorporate some whose our bodies had been taken into Gaza after they had been killed within the Oct. 7 assault.
Names of Israeli and dual-national hostages launched in the course of the deal
Nov. 24: The day the pause started, Israel’s International Ministry confirmed that 13 Israelis had been launched.
- Doron Katz Asher, 34, German citizen
- Raz Asher, 4, German citizen
- Aviv Asher, 2, German citizen
- Daniel Aloni, 44
- Emilia Aloni, 5
- Ruth Munder, 78
- Keren Munder, 54
- Ohad Munder, 9
- Adina Moshe, 72
- Hanna Katzir, 77
- Margalit Mozes, 78, German citizen
- Channa Peri, 79
- Yaffa Adar, 85
Nov. 25: Israel’s International Ministry confirmed that 13 Israelis had been launched.
- Noam Or, 17
- Alma Or, 13
- Shiri Weiss, 53
- Noga Weiss, 18
- Sharon Hertzman Avigdori, 52
- Noam Avigdori, 12
- Shoshan Haran, 67
- Adi Shoham, 38
- Naveh Shoham, 8
- Yahel Shoham, 3
- Hila Rotem Shoshani, 12
- Emily Toni Kornberg Hand, 8
- Maya Regev Jirbi, 21
Nov. 26: The Israeli International Ministry listed 14 Israelis who had been launched.
- Abigail Edan, 4, American citizen
- Alma Avraham, 84
- Aviva Adrienne Siegel, 62
- Hagar Brodetz, 40
- Ofri Brodetz, 10
- Yuval Brodetz, 8
- Oriya Brodetz, 4
- Chen Goldstein-Almog, 48
- Agam Goldstein-Almog, 17
- Gal Goldstein-Almog, 11
- Tal Goldstein-Almog, 8
- Dafna Elyakim, 15
- Ela Elyakim, 8
- Ron Krivoi, 25, an Israeli-Russian citizen, was included on the checklist, though he was launched individually from the change deal.
Nov. 27: Israel’s International Ministry listed 11 Israeli hostages as being launched.
All these launched on Nov. 27 have twin citizenship — French, Argentine and German, stated Qatar’s overseas minister, Al Ansari.
- Eitan Yahalomi, 12, French citizen
- Karina Engel-Bart, 51, Argentine citizen
- Mika Engel, 18, Argentine citizen
- Yuval Engel, 12, Argentine citizen
- Sharon Aloni-Cunio, 34, Argentine citizen
- Yuli Cunio, 3, Argentine citizen
- Emma Cunio, 3, Argentine citizen
- Sahar Calderon, 16, French citizen
- Erez Calderon, 12, French citizen
- Or Yaakov, 16, German citizen
- Yagil Yaakov, 12, German citizen
Nov. 28: Israel’s International Ministry stated 10 Israeli hostages had been launched. One of many hostages was born within the Philippines, and a few additionally maintain Argentine citizenship, based on native media reviews.
- Tamar Metzger, 78
- Ditza Heiman, 84
- Noralin Babadilla, 60, born within the Philippines
- Ada Sagi, 75
- Ofelia Adit Roitman, 77, born in Argentina
- Rimon Kirsht Buchshtav, 36
- Meirav Tal, 53
- Gabriela Leimberg, 59, Argentine citizen
- Mia Leimberg, 17, Argentine citizen
- Clara Marman, 63, Argentine citizen
Nov. 29: The Israeli prime minister’s workplace stated 10 Israeli hostages had been launched. Two others with Russian citizenship had been additionally launched. Qatar’s and Germany’s overseas ministries stated there have been three German residents launched, however The Publish couldn’t affirm the title of 1.
- Gal Tarshansky, 13
- Amit Shani, 15
- Liam Or, 18
- Itay Regev Jerbi, 18
- Ofir Engel, 17, Dutch citizen
- Yarden Roman-Gat, 35, German citizen
- Moran Stela Yanai, 40
- Liat Beinin Atzili, 49, American citizen
- Ra’aya Rotem, 54
- Raz Ben-Ami, 56, German citizen
- Yelena Trupanov, 50, a Russian citizen, was included on the checklist however launched individually from the change deal.
- Irena Tati, 73, a Russian citizen, was included on the checklist however launched individually from the change deal.
Nov. 30: Hamas launched eight Israeli hostages, Israel’s navy stated.
- Amit Soussana, 40
- Mia Shem, 21, French citizen
- Aisha Ziyadne, 17
- Bilal Ziyadne, 18
- Ilana Gritzewsky Kimchi, 30
- Nili Margalit, 41
- Shani Goren, 29
- Sapir Cohen, 29
Names of foreign-national hostages launched in the course of the deal
Another overseas nationals — largely Thai — had been additionally launched in the course of the pause in combating.
Nov. 24: 10 Thai nationals and one Filipino nationwide had been launched, the Thai and Philippine overseas ministries confirmed. Israel’s International Ministry additionally listed the names of these freed.
- Uthai Sangnuan, Thai nationwide
- Uthai Thunsri, Thai nationwide
- Buddee Saengboon, Thai nationwide
- Bancha Kongmanee, Thai nationwide
- Wichai Kalapat, 28, Thai nationwide
- Withoon Phumee, 33, Thai nationwide
- Mongkhol Phajuabboon, Thai nationwide
- Boonthom Phankhong, Thai nationwide
- Santi Boonphrom, Thai nationwide
- Natthawaree Moonkan, Thai nationwide
- Gelienor (Jimmy) Pacheco, 37, Filipino nationwide
Nov. 25: The Thai International Ministry stated 4 Thai nationals had been launched, they usually had been named by a Thai public broadcaster.
- Nattaporn Onkaew
- Komkrit Chombua
- Anucha Angkaew
- Manee Jirachart
Nov. 26: The Thai International Ministry stated three Thai nationals had been launched. Their names had been printed by the Israeli International Ministry.
- Phonsawan Pinakalo
- Surin Kesungnoen
- Wichian Temthon
Nov. 28: Thailand’s overseas minister stated he welcomed two Thai nationals who had been launched. They had been named by Israel’s International Ministry.
- Pattanayut Tonsakree
- Owat Suriyasri, 40, father of two
Nov. 29: The Israeli prime minister’s workplace introduced that 4 Thai nationals had been launched into Israel. They had been named by Thailand’s International Ministry.
- Paiboon Rattanin
- Kong Saelao
- Juckapan Sikena
- Chalermchai Sangkaew
Lior Soroka, Itay Stern, Shira Rubin and Kate Brady contributed to this report.
