JERUSALEM: Israel believes that more than a third of the remaining Gaza hostages are dead, a government tally showed on Tuesday (Jun 4), as the United States sought to advance their recovery under a proposal to wind down the war with Hamas.
A person walks past pictures of hostages kidnapped during the Oct 7 attack by the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Tel Aviv, Israel , May 31, 2024. JERUSALEM: Israel believes that more than a third of the remaining Gaza hostages are dead, a government tally showed on Tuesday , as the United States sought to advance their recovery under a proposal to wind down the war with Hamas.
The government tally said 120 remain in captivity, 43 of whom have been declared dead in absentia by Israeli officials based on various sources of information, including intelligence tip-offs, CCTV or bystander videos and forensic analysis.Hamas, which threatened at the outset of the war to execute hostages in reprisal for Israeli air strikes, has since said such attacks caused hostage deaths.
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