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  • Total hostages captured on October 7, 2023: 251
  • Hostages taken before the October 7 attack: 2 who entered Gaza in 2014 and 2015, and the bodies of 2 soldiers killed in the 2014 war
  • Hostages released in exchanges or other deals: 147, of whom 8 were dead
  • Bodies of hostages retrieved by Israeli troops: 41
  • Hostages rescued alive: 8
  • Hostages still in captivity: 59, of whom Israel believes 35 are dead.

  •  13 soldiers, of whom Israel has declared 9 to be dead
  • 5 non-Israelis ( 3 Thais, 1 Nepalese, 1 Tanzanian), of whom 2 (1 Thai and 1 Nepalese) are believed to still be alive

Itamar Ben-Gvir speaking in front of press microphones.
Israeli National Security Minister and head of Jewish Power party Itamar Ben-Gvir (Reuters: Oren Ben Hakoon)

A school building destroyed.
Palestinians inspect the damage at Al-Tabi'in School in central Gaza Strip. (AP: Jehad Alshrafi)

  • Issam al-Daalis, head of the government administrative committee, 
  • Major General Mohamed Abu Watfa, undersecretary of the Interior Ministry, 
  • Major General Bahgat Abu Sultan, director of the domestic security agency
  • Ahmed al-Hetta, undersecretary of the Justice Ministry

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Pope Francis wearing white robes and a purple sash sitting alongside a wooden cloaked bench adorned with crosses, a bible and flowers
Pope Francis seen celebrating mass in Rome's Gemelli hospital on March 17. (Suppled: The Vatican)

A wide image of extensive destruction to buildings left as crumbling concrete rubble alongside a green field
(Reuters / Amir Cohen)
A wide image of extensive destruction to buildings left as crumbling concrete rubble alongside a green field, with Israeli soldiers seen in a line on an embankment
(Reuters / Amir Cohen)