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From the Liveblog of
Thursday, October 26, 2023
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, October 26, 2023
IDF: Families of 224 hostages notified they are being held in Gaza
Large teddy bears painted with red paint and carrying photographs of the children held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, at Dizengoff Square. October 25, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari says the military has so far notified the families of 224 hostages that their loved ones are being held in the Gaza Strip.
He says the number is not final as the military investigates new information.
The number does not include four released hostages — mother and daughter Judith and Natalie Ra’anan, freed on Friday night, and elderly women Yocheved Lifshitz and Nurit Cooper released on Monday night.
