Twenty Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza are known to be alive, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday.
In a video message posted to his X account, Netanyahu said, “We will not break. We will fight,” while reaffirming that intelligence assessments verify the status of 20 captives as alive.
The announcement comes amid efforts to negotiate a hostage release deal through mediators in Egypt and Qatar, with another round of talks beginning in Doha on Wednesday.
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Fifty-eight hostages, living and dead, are believed to remain in Gaza.
Netanyahu said this past Wednesday night that Israel was not giving up “on a single one” of its war aims. He said that he had spoken earlier in the day with U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff,
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