It has been a yr since tensions alongside the Gaza Strip flared up after militant teams led by Hamas kidnapped no less than 250 hostages from Israel on October 7.
Authorities estimate no less than 1,200 individuals, largely civilians, had been killed within the assault.
In response, Israel launched a navy marketing campaign aimed toward recovering the hostages and destroying Hamas. Greater than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed within the battle, in keeping with well being authorities in Gaza.
Whereas 117 hostages have been launched, the well-being of others is unknown.
The primary hostages are freed
Two weeks after the warfare started on 22 October after negotiations by US authorities and the Crimson Cross.
A few days later two aged Israeli hostages had been additionally launched.
A number of weeks handed till an settlement facilitated by Qatar led to either side of the battle agreeing to a brief ceasefire.
by which 105 hostages had been freed, together with 78 girls and youngsters, in return for 240 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.
Shortly after the deal each Hamas and Israel claimed the opposite facet was in violation of the ceasefire.
The short-lived truce got here to an finish on 1 December.
Efforts to rescue the hostages proceed
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) have carried out a number of operations in Gaza because it searches for hostages.
Gaza’s well being ministry says a whole bunch of civilians have died on account of the raids.
: Alon Shamriz, Yotam Haim and Samar Al-Talalka.
Hostages Alon Shamriz, Samer Al-Talalka and Yotam Haim had been mistakenly shot lifeless by Israeli troops. Credit score: AP
To this point eight hostages have been rescued alive by Israeli forces, and the our bodies of round 30 hostages have additionally been recovered.
Kaid Farhan Elkadi was rescued after 326 days whereas the IDF had been combing a community of tunnels.
What number of hostages stay?
Since October 7 Hamas says dozens of hostages have been killed in airstrikes and have admitted to executing no less than seven themselves.
The precise variety of hostages thought to have died in captivity is unknown however estimated to be no less than 60.
Ninety-seven hostages stay unaccounted for, however the IDF imagine no less than 30 of them are lifeless.
The places of the hostages and their captors can also be unknown, with reviews that greater than 30 individuals had been taken by Islamic jihadists.
And the demise toll may rise with Hamas saying their ways have modified, with these guarding the hostages ordered to kill them if Israel’s navy will get shut.
