Number of hostages upped to 138 after new intel, IDF says

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

IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari raises the number of hostages being held by the Hamas terror group in the Gaza Strip to 138.

He says this comes after the military declared one of those who have been missing since October 7 as a hostage, following new intelligence information.

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