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Israel announced on Tuesday that there are 138 Israeli and foreign hostages being held in Gaza stripAccording to the Prime Minister’s Office, Benjamin Netanyahuafter having added to the list a person considered missing until now.
The office declined to give details on this hostage (identity, sex, age…) or how the authorities confirmed your situation.
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So far, they have reported 137 hostages in the Palestinian enclave, including 20 women and two children.
In the attack of Hamas October 7 On Israeli soil, Islamic militants killed 1,200 peoplemost of them civilians, and kidnapped about 240, according to authorities.
Israel responded with intense bombings on Rangegoverned by Hamasand launched a ground offensive on 27 October. To date, almost 16,000 people have died in the small Palestinian territory.
A week of truce, from November 24th to December 1st, allowed the release of 105 hostages, among them, 80 Israelis exchanged for 240 Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons, under an agreement between Israel and Hamaswith Qatar as the main mediator.
Five hostages were released before the truce.
Source: Elcomercio
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