As Israel-Hamas war entered 9th day, the Israel defence forces said that number of confirmed Israeli hostages in Hamas' captivity in the Gaza Strip is 126.
The comes after Hamas in the last two days claimed that several hostages were killed by Israeli airstrikes, adding that the dead included many foreigners, without specifying their nationalities.
The Gaza Health Ministry said 2,329 Palestinians have been killed since the fighting erupted, more than in the 2014 Gaza war, which lasted over six weeks. That makes this the deadliest of the five Gaza wars for both sides.
More than 1,300 Israelis have been killed, the vast majority of them civilians killed in Hamas's October 7 assault. This is the deadliest war for Israel since the 1973 conflict with Egypt and Syria.
With PTI Input