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Agence France-Presse

A total of 135 people, some of whom are believed to have died, are still being held captive by the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, according to Israeli authorities.
To date 110 hostages have been freed, 105 of them exchanged for Palestinians held in Israeli jails during a seven-day truce.
Of those released 33 are children, 49 are women and 28 are men.
Israel has also repatriated five bodies, most lately that of Eden Zachariya, 28, who was abducted from the Tribe of Nova music festival on October 7, and Ziv Dado, 36, a soldier killed on the same day whose body was taken to Gaza.

Nearly two weeks after Israel resumed its offensive in Gaza, a total of 118 hostages are still believed to be alive there, according to Israeli authorities.
Palestinian militants are also holding the bodies of eight hostages who died in Gaza and nine others of people who died in the October 7 and whose bodies were brought to Gaza.
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Of the 118 believed to be alive, 107 are Israelis or dual nationals, eight are Thai, one is Nepali, one is Tanzanian and one is French-Mexican.
Agence France-Presse has managed to identify 110 of the remaining hostages, mainly through interviews with their relatives or via Israeli media.
Hamas claims the youngest hostage, 10-month-old Kfir Bibas, was killed in an Israeli air strike on Gaza along with his mother Shiri Bibas, 32, and four-year-old brother Ariel.
Israel has yet to confirm the fate of the young family, whose capture come to symbolise the brutality of the hostage-taking.
Besides the Bibas boys, there are no child hostages known to be left in Gaza.
The last minor to be released was 17-year-old Aisha al-Zayadna, who was freed on the final day of the truce on November 30, along with her 18-year-old brother.




At least 16 women are known to be still held in Gaza. The oldest is Judith Weinstein Haggai, 70.
Five women aged 18-19 were performing their military service when they were kidnapped.
As soldiers, they were excluded from the prisoner swap.
At least 100 men are still being held, including some on military service at the time of the October 7 attack.
Hostages were drugged, abused in Gaza: Israeli doctor
Some of the men are fathers of children who were freed with their mothers, relatives or other families in the past week.
They include David Cunio, Tal Shoham, Dror Or, Ilan Weiss, Yair Yaakov, Youssef al-Zayadna and also Ohad Yahalomi and Ofer Kalderon, the fathers of Franco-Israelis Eitan, Erez and Sahar, who have been returned.
Some of the men are in their 70s and 80s.
At least 33 people abducted during the Hamas massacre at the Tribe of Nova festival are still held hostage. Only five were released during the truce. There are also three bodies.
Of the others, at least 30 come from Nir Oz kibbutz near the Gaza border.


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Israel-Gaza war: who are the hostages still held by Hamas?

Protesters in Tel Aviv, Israel, hold signs showing portraits of hostages during a demonstration last Saturday calling for their release. Photo: AFP

A helicopter carrying hostages who were freed during the recent brief truce. Photo: Reuters

Hostages were drugged, abused in Gaza: Israeli doctor

A helicopter carrying hostages arriving at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv district, Israel on December 1. Photo: Reuters

Some of the hostages freed during the brief Israel-Hamas truce. Photos: Reuters

Hostages released on December 1. Photo: Reuters

Tomer Tzadik, who has been receiving treatment since being shot in the arm on October 7. Photo: AFP

How the word ‘hostage’ used to mean something quite different to its modern definition, as the Israel-Gaza war rumbles on

People attend a religious ceremony to pray for hostages kidnapped on the deadly October 7 attack by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, after a temporary truce between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas expired, in Tel Aviv, Israel, December 1, 2023. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Hostages who were abducted by Hamas gunmen during the October 7 attack on Israel are handed over by militants to the International Red Cross in an unknown location in the Gaza Strip on November 30, 2023. We look at how the meaning of the word “hostage” has changed over time. Photo: Reuters

People attend a religious ceremony to pray for hostages kidnapped during the October 7 attack by Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on December 1, 2023. Photo: Reuters

Harrowing stories emerge as Hamas frees more hostages taken from Israel

Israelis embrace next to photos of people killed and taken captive by Hamas militants on October 7. Photo; AP

An elderly person being helped in a minibus transporting Israeli hostages in Tel Aviv, Israel. Photo: AP

Emily Hand after her release. She is pictured with her father, Thomas Hand. Photo: Israel Defence Forces via Reuters

Israeli-Russian Roni Krivoi escaped and hid for four days in Gaza, only to be handed over by locals to his captors. Photo: Reuters

Mia Leimberg, 17, was freed on Tuesday. Photo: Hamas Military Wing via Reuters

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The Gaza war broke out after Hamas gunmen attacked Israel on October 7, and also seized around 240 hostages
Dozens of hostages are still being held captive after 110 were freed, many of them in exchange for Palestinian prisoners


A total of 135 people, some of whom are believed to have died, are still being held captive by the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, according to Israeli authorities.


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