Israel says that 8 of 26 hostages are expected to be launched by Hamas. They have died

Eight 26 hostages are expected to lead Hamas in the next few weeks that are no longer alive, according to Israeli officials.

Late on Sunday, Hamas has provided Israel with a long -time student information about the state of hostages listed for the issuance during the first phase of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza war. This step followed extensive negotiations during the weekend to resolve the conflict that threatened to remove the deal.

Under the ceasefire deal, 33 hostages were released in the first stage compared to hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. Seven have already returned home, after more than 15 months in captivity in Gaza. Three civil women They were released on January 19, the day when the temporary ceasefire entered into force, Four soldiers It was released on January 25.

Israeli government spokesman, David Menker, He said on Monday Hamas presented a list indicating that 25 of 33 hostages were alive and that eight had been killed.

Mr. Menker added: “The list of Hamas is the intelligence of Israel.”

The list was not determined by those who were alive and who died by name, but he provided numbers given by more detailed information in the hands of Israel, according to two Israeli officials.

The Israeli authorities spoke with the families of the 26 hostages to be released in the coming weeks after Hamas presented their account, according to the government, although the assertion of deaths in the form of bodies or DNA evidence is still suspended. As a result, eight families of the hostages have so far been told that there is a high possibility that their relatives will not survive.

Speaking in the Israeli parliament on Tuesday, Danny Eljrat, the brother of the hostage Isik Elgarat, said that the family may have received his body based on what they have been told so far. The ceasefire deal was reached earlier, and Mr. Elgarat told the legislators, who was believed that it was possible to save his brother’s life.

Israel said that 87 hostages are still in Gaza out of a total of about 250, which were captured during The Hamas -led attack on southern Israel On October 7, 2023, which prompted the war. Three others have been detained by Hamas since 2014, and two of them are believed to be alive. Israeli officials said they believed that 35 out of 90 remaining prisoners had died.

Israel called for the release of what it considered the most urgent cases in the first stage of the deal: civil women, followed by the soldiers, then men over the age of 50 years and several younger or injured men, while giving priority to those who are still alive.

The conflict was about the weekend due to Hamas’s failure to release Civil Woman, Erbl Jewson saturday. Israel accused Hamas of violating the conditions of the ceasefire by launching four soldiers first and responding by delaying the return of the displaced Palestinians to northern Gaza.

Under a new understanding that was reached across the brokers late on Sunday, Hamas agreed to the release of Mrs. Jewod before Friday, along with another soldier held in Gaza, Ajam BergerAnd a third hostage that Israel has not yet called. Three other hostages are expected to be released on Saturday.

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a smaller armed group that she was carrying Mrs. Jew. Release It has on Monday as evidence of life.

Mrs. Jews is the last civil hostility believed to be alive.

Another civilian woman, Sherry Pipas, is still in Gaza after her kidnapping from Kibbutz Nir Oz with her young son, Ariel, who was four years old, and Kfir, who was 9 months. The Israeli army expressed its concern for the life of Mrs. Pipas and her children, although their death was not confirmed.

Gabi Sobilman and Mira Novik The reports contributed.