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More than 240 people are thought to have been abducted Oct. 7.
Israeli government spokesman Eylon Levy said Friday that 137 hostages remained in Gaza. Israel includes hostages who were killed, with their bodies still held by Hamas, in its count, and late on Friday said that the bodies of 18 Israeli hostages and 1 Tanzanian worker were held, bringing the estimated number of living hostages in Gaza to 118.
The majority of them are Israelis or dual nationals, and male. Fewer than 10 Americans remain in captivity in Gaza, according to John Kirby, spokesman for the White House National Security Council. The only children on Israel’s list of remaining hostages are Kfir Bibas, who was 9 months old when he was abducted, and his 4-year-old brother, Ariel. Israel has said it is assessing Hamas’s claims that the Bibas children and their mother, Shiri, were killed.
Ten of the remaining hostages are foreign nationals, according to Israel. Levy previously described the breakdown as eight Thai citizens, one Nepali, and one French-Mexican.
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Sammy Westfall, Helier Cheung
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