When Hamas led the assaults in Israel on October 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 folks, about 250 folks had been taken hostage in Gaza, together with residents of Israel, the USA, Nice Britain, Mexico, Thailand and different international locations.
Among the many captives had been the our bodies of 37 folks killed within the assault, Israeli officers stated. Now about 100 hostages, lifeless and alive, are nonetheless being held within the enclave, officers say.
The ceasefire agreement introduced Wednesday between Israel and Hamas, will start with an preliminary section lasting six weeks and embrace the discharge of 33 hostages and tons of of Palestinian prisoners. The agreement calls for that Hamas launch three feminine hostages on Day 1, 4 extra on Day 7 and 26 extra over the following 5 weeks, based on a replica of the doc obtained by The New York Occasions. The deal nonetheless must be formally ratified by Israel’s cupboard.
Here is a more in-depth take a look at the hostage scenario in Gaza.
What number of hostages have already been launched?
Initially of the struggle, Hamas launched 4 hostages – two Israeli-American womenJudith Raanan, then 59, and her daughter Natalie Raanan, then 17, and two Israeli womenNurit Cooper, then 79, and Yoheved Lifshitz, then 85, citing humanitarian causes. Greater than 100 hostages had been launched in November 2023 phased truce between Israel and Hamas. In return, about 240 Palestinians detained in Israel had been launched.
What number of hostages had been rescued?
Eight hostages had been launched in Israeli army operations, together with one within the first month of the struggle when the army save a soldierPvt. Ori Megidish, then 19 years outdated, who was kidnapped from her base.
In February 2024 army operation within the southern Gaza metropolis of Rafah released two hostages: Fernando Simon Marman, then 60, and Luis Harr, then 70.
In June, the Israeli military freed 4 folks kidnapped by Nova Music Festival on October 10 September 7, 2023: Noah Argamani, then 26; Almog Meir Jan, then 22; Andrey Kozlov, then 27; and Shlomi Ziv, then 41. The case of Argamani received enormous attention after viral footage confirmed her being pushed into Gaza on the again of a motorbike as she screamed in despair.
About 100 Palestinians had been killed through the operation, based on Israeli officers, however Gaza authorities stated the death toll is over 270together with 64 kids. (No casualties distinguish between civilians and combatants.)
In August, the Israeli army saved Farhan al-Qadi, then 52, a member of Israel’s Bedouin Arab minority, in an operation that killed a minimum of 20 Gazans, native authorities stated.
What number of hostages died?
Of the 250 hostages, about three dozen had been believed to be lifeless at first of the struggle, based on Israeli officers.
A few of their our bodies have since been present in Gaza and repatriated, whereas different captives initially considered alive had been later declared lifeless.
The findings raised questions concerning the extent to which Israel’s intense army operations concentrating on Hamas additionally threatened the captives.
The Israeli military killed a number of hostages by mistake. In December 2023 the army stated their troopers fired by mistake and killed three hostages who fled their captors in Gaza: Yotam Haim, 28, and Alon Shamriz, 26, who had been taken from Kibbutz Kfar Azza; and Samer Talalka, 24, who was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Am whereas at work.
Final July, the Israeli military take out the bodies of 5 hostages – two troopers and three civilians, aged 20 to 56. They had been present in a tunnel shaft in southern Gaza.
Israeli officers stated the captives had been killed through the raid in October 2023. and their our bodies had been taken as bargaining chips. The next month, Israeli forces stated they’d recovered it bodies of six hostages in a tunnel in Gaza.
In September, the Israeli military recovered the our bodies of six different hostages, aged between 23 and 40, who it stated had been killed in captivity. He was amongst them Hersh Goldberg-Paulin, Israeli-American whose dad and mom spoke on the Democratic Nationwide Conference in August.
in march Itai Chen’s family – a 19-year-old Israeli-born American who served within the Israeli military – stated he realized he had been killed on October 7, 2023.
In December, the household of Omer Neutra, 21, an Israeli-American serving within the Israeli military, stated they realized that he, too, was killed that October. His dad and mom spoke on the Republican Nationwide Conference in July.
This month the Israeli military said Yusef and Hamza Ziyadne had been lifeless. Youssef Ziyadne, 53, was taken hostage from a kibbutz with three of his kids, together with his 23-year-old son Hamza and two youngsters, Bilal and Aisha, who had been released through the truce in November 2023. The household is a part of Israel’s Bedouin Arab minority.
What number of hostages are the People?
Secretary of State Anthony J. Blinken, in a speech on Tuesday, stated seven People had been nonetheless being held captive.
They’re believed to be Edan Alexander and Sagui Dekel-Chen alive since december based on the American Jewish Council.
A number of of the remaining 5 had been declared lifeless early within the struggle. Their our bodies stay in Gaza.
