Benjamin Netanyahu: ‘We know that 21 hostage is alive, we still have no confirmation for three’

Speaking at an event at the White House on Tuesday, Trump stated that a week ago there was a live 24 hostage, but that the number fell to 21. He did not cite the source or provide additional details.

The Israeli Coordinator of the Gal Hirsch hostages has posted on platform X that the Palestinian militant group Hamas holds 59 hostages, 24 of which are alive and 35 dead.

Netanyahu’s comments seem to confirm the figure cited by Trump.

« We know for sure that 21 is alive, it is not disputed. There are three more, which, unfortunately, we cannot claim to be alive, » Netanyahu said in a recorded speech posted on social networks.

« The headquarters again calls the Prime Minister to stop the war until the return of the last swollen. This is the most urgent and important national task, » said a spokesman for the group representing the hostage family.

The fate of the hostages deeply affects most of the Israelites and causes increasing restlessness and divisions in the Israeli society as the war continues.

According to Israeli data, during the Hamas attack on the south of Israel on October 7, 2023. A total of 251 people were abducted and about 1,200 people were killed, mostly civilians.

Most of the hostages who have been living back to Israel have been released as part of the Hamas deal during the two temporary interruptions of fire in late 2023 and early 2025.

Israel responded to Hamas’s attack by air and land attack on Gaza, in which, according to the health authorities managed by Hamas, more than 52,000 Palestinians were killed and most of the enclave was rated with the ground.

The Israeli government states that the two major goals of war are the destruction of Hamas and the release of hostages.

This week, she announced the spread of offensives to Gaza, which caused the aforementioned family to fear that this could further endanger their loved ones.