IDF says intel on locations of hostages is incomplete, is working to gather more info

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari says the military still does not have information on where all the hostages are being held by the Hamas terror group in the Gaza Strip.

In a press conference, Hagari says the IDF is “making every effort to build an intelligence picture regarding the hostages.”

“We are adapting the fighting [in Gaza] according to the intelligence we have. We must say to the public, we do not have a full picture of the hostages,” he says.

“We are in continuous effort, intelligence-wise, to complete the picture,” Hagari continues.

He says the efforts to return the hostages are a top priority for the IDF, which include intelligence and operational actions.

“Most important is to create ideal conditions on the ground… so that there will be moves to return the hostages,” he says, referring to the army’s ground offensive against Hamas.

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