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IDF confirms Hamas has taken Israeli hostages to Gaza Strip, soldiers killed in fighting
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent.
Palestinians drive a captured Israeli military vehicle in Gaza City on Oct. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
The Israel Defense Forces’ top spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, confirms the Hamas terror group has taken Israelis as hostages to the Gaza Strip.
In a briefing with reporters, Hagari says Israeli soldiers have also been killed in the fighting.
No numbers are given on the number of hostages or soldiers killed.
Hagari says there are still 22 locations of ongoing fighting in southern Israel, including hostage situations in Be’eri and Ofakim.
He says Israeli troops have reached all towns on the Gaza border, and are working to scan each and every one.
Four divisions are being deployed to the Gaza border, joining 31 battalions that are already there, Hagari says.
