13-02-2025, 03:29 PM
Signs of life received in recent days for at least 10 hostages held in Gaza. Families mostly get info from recently freed hostages; report says signs of life have come in for total of 12 captives, with remaining 2 families not going public. The families of 3 more hostages announced on Wednesday, they had received signs of life from their captive loved ones, bringing to 10 the total number of abductees for whom signs of life have been announced in recent days.Only 1 of these 10 hostages is on the list of 33 captives that Hamas is supposed to release in first phase of ceasefire-hostage deal. Sixteen Israeli hostages have been released since deal took effect on January 19. In all, Hamas is holding 73 of 251 hostages it abducted on October 7, 2023; some 30 of them are believed to be alive.
Addition to the families who have agreed for the signs of life of their loved ones to be made public, additional such signs have been received for two captives whose families have chosen not to go public with the information, Channel 12 news said Wednesday. The Haaretz daily reported that signs of life have been received for most of the hostages whom Israel had believed were alive, adding that some of them are recent while others are relevant for some point in the past.
Anat Angrest, mother of captive soldier Matan Angrest, 21, said Wednesday that she had received a fresh sign of life from her son. “We received information that he is alive and held under harsh conditions,” Anat told Channel 12.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/signs-of-l...d-in-gaza/
Addition to the families who have agreed for the signs of life of their loved ones to be made public, additional such signs have been received for two captives whose families have chosen not to go public with the information, Channel 12 news said Wednesday. The Haaretz daily reported that signs of life have been received for most of the hostages whom Israel had believed were alive, adding that some of them are recent while others are relevant for some point in the past.
Anat Angrest, mother of captive soldier Matan Angrest, 21, said Wednesday that she had received a fresh sign of life from her son. “We received information that he is alive and held under harsh conditions,” Anat told Channel 12.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/signs-of-l...d-in-gaza/