101 hostages remain in Hamas captivity. On October 7, 247 abductees, Israelis and foreigners, were kidnapped to the Gaza Strip.
117 of them returned alive, either in the deal or in rescue operations.
As part of the operations of the security forces, 37 bodies were recovered, with 35 bodies found in Gaza. The number of abductees who are considered alive (although there is no certainty) is 66.
Photo: Oren Ben Hakon, Photo: Oren Ben Hakon
The official number of abductees, which stands at 251, also includes Avra Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed – two Israelis who crossed the border into Gaza in 2014 and 2015 respectively, as well as the martyrs Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin who fell off the cliff.
were rescued alive
Eight abductees were rescued alive in various operations. The first was Private Uri Magidish, who was rescued on October 30, 2023, after 23 days in the captivity of Hamas, as part of Operation Rashit Ha’or. She was kidnapped from Nahal Oz outpost.
on February 12, 2024 The two abductees, Fernando Marman and Luis Har, were rescued from Rafah in Operation Yad Zahav. The two, who were kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak, got out of captivity and returned to their families after 129 days.
They came out of hell after 129 days. Fernando Marman (right) and Luis Har after they were rescued from Gaza, photo: none
on June 8, 245 days after the October 7 massacre, The largest operation so far to rescue hostages alive took place. In Operation Arnon – named after the naval soldier Arnon Zamora who fell in battle with the terrorists in the same operation – Rescued from the refugee camp Nuseirat Noa Argmani, Almog Meir-Jan, Andrey Kozlov and Shlomi Zivall kidnapped from Nova Festival.
Kidnapped from Nova Festival. Noa Argamani, Almog Meir-Jan, Shlomi Ziv and Andrei Kozlov, photo: no credit
on August 27 Rescued from a tunnel in Gaza Farhan Elkadi, father of 11, served as a guard at a packaging house of Ego factories next to Moshav Yesha. He was found alone in a tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip.
The recovered bodies
In November, as part of the raid on the Shifa hospital, the bodies of three abductees were recovered: Judith Weiss, who was kidnapped from Bari and murdered in Gaza; The observer Corporal Noa Marciano, who was abducted from the Nahal Oz outpost and was murdered in captivity, and Ofir Sarfati, who was abducted from the Nova and murdered by Hamas.
on December 12after 155 days, it was allowed to be published that the bodies of Aden Zakaria (27) and Rabbi Ziv Dado (36) were recovered from the Jabaliya area. They were murdered on October 7 and their bodies were taken to Gaza.
Found in a tunnel. Alkadi in a helicopter after his rescue from Gaza, photo: IDF spokesman
three days After that, it was allowed to be published that the bodies of Sergeant Ron Sherman, Corporal Nick Beiser were returned and their memory was blessed. The two bodies were kidnapped from the Gaza Directorate of Coordination and Liaison while they were alive, and were even documented at the Erez crossing. Toledo was hijacked from Nova Festival. that day Three abductees were accidentally shot by the IDF – Yotam Haim and Alon Shamriz (kidnapped from Kfar Gaza) and Samer Tallaka (kidnapped from Nir Am).
on April 6the IDF and Shin Bet informed that the body of the late Elad Katzir, who was murdered in Hamas captivity by the Islamic Jihad from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, was recovered from Khan Yunis.
on May 17 The bodies of the abductees Itzik Gelanter, Shani Lok, Amit Buskila andRon Benjamin May their memory be blessed. The four were kidnapped from the Nova festival.
on May 24 The bodies of the abductees Hanan Yablonka, Michel Nissenbaum and Orion Hernandez were recovered. The three were abducted from a bend in the levels. They were murdered on October 7 and their bodies were kidnapped to Gaza.
on July 24more than nine months since that black Sabbath, the bodies of the abductees Mia Goren, Ravid Katz and the late and of the martyrs Major (Res.) Oren Goldin, Sergeant Kiril Brodsky and Sergeant Tomer Achims were brought back to Israel. They were murdered and fell in On October 7, Goren and Katz were abducted from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak, where they were fighting terrorists.
on August 19 The bodies of Yagav Buchstab, Alex Danzig, Yoram Metzger, Nadav Populvel and Haim Perry and Abraham Munder were rescued from Khan Yunis. Monder was murdered in Hamas captivity, the other four were murdered on October 7 and their bodies were kidnapped to Gaza.
on August 28 The body of a spaceman who fell in the battles on October 7 was recovered. His family asked that his name not be published.
on August 31 The bodies of six abductees were recovered – all of them were murdered in captivity, apparently shortly before they were found. Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Carmel Gat, Aden Yerushalmi, Alex Lobnov, Almog Sarosi and Uri Danino Zakram were rescued from a tunnel in Rafah.
were released from captivity
on October 20Hamas released two hostages with American citizenship, Yehudit Ra’anan and her daughter Natalie, a mother and daughter who came from Chicago with the goal of returning to live in Israel. They were kidnapped to Gaza during the massacre in Kibbutz Nahal Oz.
Two days later, on October 22two more abductees were released – Yochaved Lifshitz and Nurit Koper, two women in their 80s, who were kidnapped from Nir Oz.
Documentation: The Red Cross convoy with the abductees at the Rafah crossing, November 2023 // Photo: Reuters
Between November 24 and 30 In November, 81 Israeli hostages were released as part of the deal with Hamas and another 24 foreign workers. In return, 240 terrorists were released from prison.
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