Israel confirms that there are still 137 hostages inside the Gaza Strip

He Government Israeli confirmed today that they still exist within the Gaza strip 137 hostages, while 110 kidnapped people were released during the seven-day truce between Israel It is Hamaswhich broke out on Friday morning.

Among the captives still held by Hamas and other armed groups within the enclave exist 115 men, 20 women and two children, according to data updated by the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel. Of these, 10 are elderly people over 75 years old.

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After the truce was broken, a spokesman for Prime Minister’s Office guaranteed that “Now Hamas will receive the mother of all blows” and blamed the group for the resumption of hostilities in Link having refused to release any more hostages.

“Unfortunately, Hamas decided to end the pause by not releasing all the kidnapped women. “Having decided to keep our women, Hamas will now receive the greatest blow of all,” the spokesperson stated Eylon Levy.

The two children who remain kidnapped are the brothers Ariel It is Kfir Bibás4 years and 10 months respectively, with parents, Shiri Silverman Bibas -of Argentine origin- and her husband Yarden Bibas.

Two days ago, Hamas released a statement indicating that Shiri and his two sons were killed in Israeli bombings, although the Israeli military says it has not been able to verify that information.

Yesterday the group released a video of the father of the Argentine-Israeli family, Yarden Bibasin which he asks, apparently under duress, the government of Benjamin Netanyahu to negotiate the removal of all the kidnapped people so that he can bury his family.

According to data released today by the Israeli Government, among the hostages remaining inside the Rangethere are 126 Israelis and 11 foreigners: 8 from Thailand, 1 from Nepal1 of Tanzania and one with French-Mexican citizenship.

Since the start of the war, a total of 110 captives have been released, 86 Israelis and 24 foreigners, most of them since November 24, when the first truce to exchange hostages for Palestinian prisoners came into force.

In the seven days of truce 105 hostages were handed over, of which 81 were Israelis and 24 foreigners (23 Thais and one Filipino), but weeks before Hamas had already released four hostages – an Israeli-American mother and daughter and two elderly Israeli women – and the Israeli army rescued one captive soldier when the ground attack began.

Furthermore, at least two hostages – a soldier and an elderly woman – died in captivity and Israel recovered their bodies, although there are unconfirmed reports that more hostages may be dead.

According to data from Israelthere are still 7 people classified as missing after the Hamas attack on October 7, which left more than 1,200 dead and 240 kidnapped.

As part of the truce agreement, which expired today, Israel launched in these seven days 240 Palestinian prisoners, 71 women and 169 teenagers; all with terrorism charges, but no blood crimes.

The bombings in Gaza stripwhich resumed today, has caused an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe, with more than 15,000 dead – more than 70% are women, children and elders -, in addition to some 7,000 bodies under the rubble, according to estimates by the Ministry of Health of the Strip .

Source: Elcomercio

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