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According to Israeli officials, eight out of 26 hostages, which are expected to be released in the next few weeks, are no longer alive.
Late Sunday, Hamas provided Israel’s many years of information on the hostage status listed to be released on the first stage of the Gaza War Agreement. This movement solved a dispute that threatened to derail transactions following intense negotiations on the weekend.
Under the ceasefire contract, 33 hostages were released in the first stage in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. After breeding for more than 15 months in Gaza, the seven have already returned home. Three civilians were released on January 19. The provisional ceasefire fire came into effect and four female soldiers were released on January 25.
Israeli government spokesman, David Menzer, I said on Monday Hamas provided a list of 25 out of 33 hostages and that eight were killed.
“The Hamas list is consistent with Israel’s intelligence,” Menzer added.
This list did not specify who was alive and who died in the name, but according to the two officials in Israel, providing more detailed information in Israel. I did.
The Israeli authorities, according to the government, have talked to 26 hostages, which will be released a few weeks after Hamas provided an account, but have been confirmed to die in the form of body or DNA evidence. is. As a result, it is only said that eight hostage families are likely to have a parent Relative so far.
Tuesday, at the Israeli Congress, Dani Ergalat, the brother of the hostage Itziku Elgalat, said that his family would probably receive his body based on what he had said so far. If Elgalat believed that his brother’s life might have been saved, El Galat reached a ceasefire contract.
Israel states that out of a total of about 250 people captured on October 7, 2023 during the attack led by Hamas -led Israel, 87 hostages remained in Gaza, promoting war. Since 2014, three other people have been held by Hamas, of which two are alive. Israeli officials believe that at least 35 of the remaining 90 prisoners are dead.
Israel had demanded the release of what was considered the most urgent case in the first stage of the transaction. Private women, female soldiers, and more than 50 years old, sick or injured young men are still prioritized. I’m alive.
The weekend conflict was due to Hamas unable to release Hamas, a civilian woman, Arbel Jefd. Israel accused Hamas’s first releasing four female soldiers, violating the ceasefire conditions, and delaying the evacuated Palestinian return to northern Gaza.
Under a new understanding of arriving through the mediator late on Sunday, Hamas agreed to release Jefd by Friday, and still in Israel with the last female soldier held in Gaza and Agam Burger. This is the third hostage that is not named. In addition, three hostages will be released on Saturday.
Palestine’s Islamic Hard is a small armed group that is restraining YEHUD, and released her video on Monday as a proof of life.
Jefd is the last woman’s folk host who is believed to be still alive.
Another civilian woman, Siri Vivas, has been died in Gaza after being invited by Kibutz Neil Oz, with Ariel and 9 months of Kfir, two young sons, four years old at the time. The Israeli army has expressed serious concerns about the lives of Vivas and her children, but their death has not been confirmed.
Gabby Soberman and Myra Noveck Contributed report.