Mar 6, 2025 · Israel believes 24 hostages are still alive in the Strip — 22 Israelis, one Thai and one Nepali. All of them are young men who were kidnapped on October 7, 2023, when thousands of Hamas-led...

Mar 5, 2025 · At the beginning of the year, there were 98 Israeli hostages remaining in Gaza, all but four taken when Hamas invaded Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. A ceasefire deal that included an exchange of hostages ...

1 day ago · Hostages taken before the Oct. 7 attack: 2 who entered Gaza in 2014 and 2015, and the bodies of 2 soldiers killed in the 2014 war. Hostages released in exchanges or other deals: 147, of whom 8 ...

Mar 7, 2025 · That leaves 59 hostages who remain in Gaza, out of the approximately 250 taken in the Oct. 7 attack. The remaining captives are the subject of intense advocacy by their families and supporters across the Jewish world. Of them, 35 are known to be dead.

Feb 27, 2025 · More than 15 months after the Hamas-led attacks on Israel on 7 October 2023 that triggered the war in Gaza, a ceasefire deal came into effect that has led to the release of some of the Israeli...

1 day ago · Hamas said on Friday it has accepted a proposal from mediators to release one living American-Israeli hostage and the bodies of four dual nationals who died in captivity in Gaza.. The Palestinian militant group’s offer appears aimed at keeping up momentum on negotiations over the future of the Gaza ceasefire and the release of all Israeli hostages, living and dead.

Jan 17, 2025 · Now, some of the 98 remaining hostages abducted that day, when Hamas invaded southern Israel, could soon be free. Under the terms of a ceasefire deal nearing final approval on Friday, 33 of the...

1 day ago · Signs and a photograph of Edan Alexander, the American-Israeli and IDF soldier taken hostage during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, stand outside a Jewish community centre in ...

Jan 16, 2025 · Edan Alexander and Sagui Dekel-Chen were believed to be alive as of December, according to the American Jewish Committee. A few of the remaining five were declared dead early in the war. Their ...

Feb 26, 2025 · Israel has received the bodies of four more hostages and released around 600 Palestinian prisoners and detainees in exchange, the Israeli government and Palestinian groups said early Thursday.