Israel and Hamas achieve Gaza ceasefire and hostage free up deal, assets inform BBC – are living updates

94 hostages nonetheless held in Gaza – 34 of them believed to be deadpublished at 17:52 Greenwich Imply Time17:52 GMTBy Emma Pengelly, Jamie Ryan, Alex MurrayAccording to BBC Check analysis, 94 of the 251 hostages taken on 7 October 2023 are nonetheless held in Gaza – 60 are assumed to be dwelling and 34 useless.There are some other 4 hostages who have been taken in 2014 and 2015, two of whom are believed to be useless.The determine of 34 hostages taken on 7 October and now concept useless is in line with bulletins via the IDF after investigations, statements from kibbutzim and organisations representing the households.This would depart a determine of 60 hostages nonetheless alive, however since 7 October Hamas has claimed the next demise toll of hostages in Gaza. We’re not able to ensure this.Some 109 hostages had been launched via negotiations, both on humanitarian grounds or all through the brief ceasefire from 24 – 30 November 2023.8 hostages had been rescued via the IDF.The stays of 40 hostages had been recovered from Gaza via the IDF. This contains 3 hostages by accident killed via the IDF on 15 December 2023.

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