7 October 2024

“Our ignorance allowed us to live, as when you are in the mountains and your rope is frayed and about to break, but you don't know it and feel safe.”

― Primo Levi

Hamas Leaders, including Ismail Haniyeh, seen praying for the success of the October 7th Attack against Israel while watching it from Qatar. Looks like that rayer didn't work…

Dead or Alive

On Oct. 7, 2023, 1,189 innocent Israeli civilians — men, women, teenagers, children, babies, older people — were methodically slaughtered by Hamas terrorists on Israeli territory. Among the victims were 43 French citizens. 

251 Israelis and foreigners were held as hostages. 117 have been freed, mostly women, children and foreign workers. Some were freed by IDF soldiers.

Most were released during a week-long truce in late November in exchange for 240 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.

At the time of writing Israel believes 64 hostages still held in Gaza are alive.

The army has confirmed 70 others are dead, 33 of whose bodies are still in Gaza.

The military has repatriated the bodies of 37 hostages who either died in Gaza or were killed on October 7 and taken to the territory.

Of the 64 thought to be alive, 57 are Israelis, though some of them have more than one nationality. Another 6 are Thai nationals and 1 is Nepalese.

52 are men and 10 are women. 11 are military personnel. 2 are children.

The youngest hostage, Kfir, was just eight-and-a-half months old when he was kidnapped. The other is his brother Ariel, who was only four years old when he was taken to Gaza.

Hamas has said the two children are dead, but Israel has not confirmed this.

"Dawn came on us like a betrayer; it seemed as though the new sun rose as an ally of our enemies to assist in our destruction." — Primo Levi

Most of the hostages were taken during the attack on the Nir Oz kibbutz and on the Nova music festival.

At Nir Oz kibbutz, of the at least 76 hostages taken on October 7, 40 were released alive. Another 20 are still in Gaza and believed to be alive. The remaining 16 are dead.

Only 17 people abducted from the festival are thought to be alive and still being held in Gaza.

Only nine of at least 43 hostages taken from Nova have been released, while 17 others have died.

On October 7, whole families were taken to Gaza. For them, the November 2023 truce brought relief but also the heartache of leaving loved ones behind.

French-Israeli children Eitan, Erez and Sahar were freed but their fathers Ohad Yahalomi and Ofer Kalderon are still being held. 

Sources: FirstPost, Agence France-Presse, Oct. 7, 2024

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