2023-10-21 16:01:44
Israel Defense Forces informed that this data is not definitive, as the Army is investigating the whereabouts of at least 100 missing people
EFE/EPA/ABIR SULTAN Mother of Mia Shem, who is among around 200 people held hostage by Hamas in Gaza, holds a photo of her daughter
The number of Israelis held hostage in Gaza Strip for the Hamassince the first attack by the Islamic group against Israel, increased to 210. The information was released this Saturday, 21, by the spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces, Daniel Hagari. “The families of 210 hostages have been notified that their loved ones are currently detained in the Gaza Strip,” Hagari said at a news conference. The number rose from 203 to 210, but Hagari warned that this figure is not definitive, as the Army is investigating the whereabouts of at least 100 missing people. Among the foreigners reported missing are 12 Latin Americans, according to official information. The list of hostages no longer includes Judith Ranan and her teenage daughter Natalie, two Americans who Hamas released on Friday night for “humanitarian reasons”. To date, these are the only two people confirmed as freed hostages by Israeli authorities.
The war between Israel and Hamas broke out on October 7, after an attack by the Islamic movement that included the launch of rockets and the infiltration of more than a thousand militiamen who tortured and massacred more than a thousand inhabitants of Israeli villages near Gaza. , causing more than 1,400 deaths, around 5,000 injuries and more than a hundred missing. The Israeli Army counterattacked from the first day, killing more than 1,200 militiamen in its territory, in addition to carrying out incessant bombings in the Gaza Strip that killed at least 4,469 people and injured 14,000 (70% of whom were women, children and the elderly). ), in the midst of a humanitarian crisis caused by shortages of water, medicine, food, electricity and fuel.
*With information from the EFE agency
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