The spokesperson for the government of Israel, Eylon Levywho assured on Friday that the Islamist group Hamas “is currently holding the bodies of twenty hostages (…), we know that they were murdered in captivity.”
At a news conference, Levy preferred not to comment on possible negotiations to free the prisoners, reaffirming Israel’s determination to try to get them out of the Gaza Strip alive as quickly as possible.
The latest bodies recovered by Israel correspond to two soldiers, a sergeant and a private, and a civilian, of noble Israeli and French nationality, the spokesman said.
With the recovery of the three bodies132 hostages remain in Gaza in the hands of Hamas and other militias, 20 of them have already died according to Levy.
The kidnapped include 121 Israelis, eight Thais, one Nepalese, one Tanzanian and one French-Mexican, according to data from the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel.
The last hostages left since the Hamas attack on Israel October 7 There are still 113 men in the Palestinian enclave 19 women, among them two minors and ten over 75 years old.
So far, 118 kidnapped people have been released. 86 Israelis, 24 of other nationalities and the eight dead, whose bodies, according to this data, were rescued by Israeli forces during their offensive in the Palestinian Strip.
Most hostages were released during a week of ceasefire that began on November 24 Hamas has handed over 105 kidnapped people81 Israelis and 24 foreigners, including 23 Thais and one Filipino.
Source: El heraldo
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