US official estimates: Most of the Gaza hostages are not alive - report

US officials estimated that most of the Israeli hostages held by terror groups in the Gaza Strip are no longer alive, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

The number of living and dead among the Israeli hostages in Gaza varies from report to report. However, WSJ said that of the 134 hostages still in Hamas captivity, the Israeli government has publicly confirmed that 34 were murdered in Hamas captivity or earlier during the October 7 attacks.

US and Israeli officials believe that Hamas leadership, including Hamas terror chief Yahya Sinwar, have surrounded themselves with the Israeli hostages deep in the tunnels of Gaza, reportedly in the Rafah area.

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US official estimates: Most of the Gaza hostages are not alive - report

The Wall Street Journal reported that according to a Hamas official, the group could not commit to releasing 40 live hostages but could commit to the release of 40 hostages - dead or alive.

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[1LoverofGod]

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

And how many of the women and girls were sold off or given to fighters as forced wives

 

[Andiamo]

It just makes me sick.

 

[Andiamo]

I am haunted about a little boy that Amir showed on video at the beginning of this whole thing. It was one of the Hamas videos. He looked to be about six or seven years old. He was a hostage and the terrorists had turned him over to a group of small Palestinian children, who had surrounded him and were brutalizing him. I think some of them had sticks. He just stood in the middle of the circle in a defensive posture, looking so terrified and so stunned that other children would treat him this way.
I am left wondering if he was one of the ones released, or whatever else horrors happened to him. I can not fathom what his family went through.
This is one of those times I just don’t understand. It threatens to discourage.
But God’s ways are highest.
Lord Jesus please come and rescue, end this suffering.

 

[Margery]

Lord Jesus please come and rescue, end this suffering.

AMEN!