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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Nov. 24: The day the pause started, Israel’s International Ministry confirmed that 13 Israelis had been launched.
Nov. 25: Israel’s International Ministry confirmed that 13 Israelis had been launched.
Nov. 26: The Israeli International Ministry listed 14 Israelis who had been launched.
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.
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.
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.
Nov. 30: Hamas launched eight Israeli hostages, Israel’s navy stated.
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.
Nov. 25: The Thai International Ministry stated 4 Thai nationals had been launched, they usually had been named by a Thai public broadcaster.
Nov. 26: The Thai International Ministry stated three Thai nationals had been launched. Their names had been printed by the Israeli International Ministry.
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.
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.
Lior Soroka, Itay Stern, Shira Rubin and Kate Brady contributed to this report.
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