Back أسرى الحرب الفلسطينية الإسرائيلية Arabic HƏMAS–İsrail girov böhranı (2023) Azerbaijani ইসরায়েল-হামাস যুদ্ধের বন্দি সংকট Bengali/Bangla بارمتەکانی شەڕی فەلەستین و ئیسرائیل ٢٠٢٣ CKB Geiselnahmen der Hamas während des Terrorangriffs auf Israel 2023 German Secuestros durante la Guerra Israel-Gaza (2023-presente) Spanish Israelgo bahituen krisia (2023-2024) Basque گروگان‌گیری در طول جنگ غزه Persian Enlèvements pendant l'attaque du Hamas contre Israël French החטופים במלחמת חרבות ברזל HE

Gaza war hostage crisis

Gaza war hostage crisis
Part of the Gaza war

Posters in Tel Aviv calling for the return of Israeli hostages in Gaza
Date7 October 2023 – present
(1 year, 5 months and 2 days)
Location
Gaza Strip and Israel; some Palestinian prisoners were released to the West Bank and East Jerusalem in the first ceasefire deal
Belligerents
Involved in negotiations:
 Hamas
 Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Citizens held hostage
 Israel
 Thailand
   Nepal
 Philippines
 United States
 Russia
 France
 Germany
 United Kingdom
 Ireland
 Argentina
 Tanzania
Commanders and leaders
Hamas Yahya Sinwar †
In Negotiations
Hamas Ismail Haniyeh X
Hamas Khalil al-Hayya
Hamas Basem Naim[1]
Hamas Osama Hamdan		 Israel Benjamin Netanyahu
In Negotiations
Israel David Barnea
Israel Ronen Bar
Israel Nitzan Alon
Units involved
Holding hostages:
 al-Qassam Brigades
 Al-Quds Brigades
 Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades
 Al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades
Mujahideen Brigades
 Israel Defense Forces
YAMAM
Shin Bet

On 7 October 2023, as part of the Hamas-led attack on Israel at the beginning of the Gaza war, Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups abducted 251 people from Israel to the Gaza Strip,[2][3][4] including children,[5] women, and elderly people.[6][7] Almost half of the hostages are foreign nationals or have multiple citizenships,[8] and some hostages were Negev Bedouins.[9] The captives are likely being held in different locations in the Gaza Strip.[10] Of all the hostages presumed alive in October 2024, 53 were civilians and 11 were military personnel according to AFP.[11]

As of 25 February 2025, 147 hostages had been returned alive to Israel, with 105 released in a 2023 prisoner exchange deal, four released by Hamas unilaterally, eight rescued by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and 30 released during a 2025 prisoner exchange deal.[12][13] Bodies of 44 hostages were repatriated to Israel, with three of the hostages killed by friendly fire after escaping captivity and being mistaken for enemy fighters by IDF troops,[14][15] the bodies of 37 other hostages repatriated through military operations[a][16][17] and eight returned in the same 2025 prisoner exchange deal. According to Israel, 75 hostages were killed on October 7 or in Hamas captivity.[a][18][19][20] There are 59 hostages remaining in captivity in the Gaza Strip, 58 of whom had been abducted on 7 October 2023, and the other hostage captured earlier. Based on intelligence, the IDF has concluded that at least 34 of the remaining hostages are dead.[a][21][19][22][23]

At the start of the war, Hamas offered to release all hostages in exchange for Israel releasing all Palestinian prisoners.[24] In October 2023, Israel held 5,200 Palestinians, including 170 children (under 18), in its prisons.[25] Several countries have been involved in negotiations between Israel and Hamas, with Qatar taking the lead.[26]

On 22 November 2023, Israel and Hamas agreed to the release of 150 Palestinian prisoners and a four-day cease-fire in exchange for Hamas's release of approximately 50 of the hostages. The exchange involved hostages from the categories of women and children.[27][28][29] As of 30 November 2023, the last day of the ceasefire, 105 civilian hostages had been released, which included 81 people from Israel, 23 Thais and 1 Filipino.[12] On 12 February 2024, two Argentinian-Israeli civilians were rescued in Operation Golden Hand. On 2 September 2024, Hamas released statements which strongly insinuated that they now had a new policy of killing any hostage that the IDF attempted to rescue with military force, so that Israel could only receive the hostages back by negotiating a prisoners' exchange deal.[30][31] On 15 January 2025, it was announced that a hostage return agreement had been reached between Hamas and Israel, under which Hamas will release 33 out of 98 hostages in the first phase, including infants, children, women, and elderly men, as well as younger men with injuries or health issues.[32] In exchange, Israel is set to release more than a 1000 Palestinians being held in Israeli prisons.[33]

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