Three more hostages in the Gaza Strip dead - Trump announces shocking balance sheet

Three more hostages in the Gaza Strip dead - Trump announces shocking balance sheet

Badschil, Jemen - President Donald Trump announced today that three other Hamas hostages have died in the Gaza Strip. This reduces the number of hostages in life to 21, which is a correction of his previous statement in which he spoke of 24 living hostages. This information was published in the middle of a continued tense conflict and the latest military activities. While Trump has reduced the number of living hostages, the Israeli government remains in its number of 24. The Israeli Geisel coordinator Gal Hirsch reports that the Hamas is currently holding a total of 59 hostages, including five foreigners.

Family members of the hostages are concerned and condemned the statements of Sara Netanyahu, the wife of the Israeli Prime Minister, who stated that fewer than 24 hostages were alive. Hirsch, who is in constant contact with the families, tries to provide as much information as possible. This is done in a context in which the hostage -taking and the associated tensions between Israel and Hamas still create a precarious situation.

military escalations and reactions

parallel to the developments regarding the hostage -taking, the Israeli military reacted to a rocket attack near Ben Gurion Airport. In this context, positions of the Huthi militia were attacked in Yemen. Around 20 fighter jets carried out attacks on dozens of goals, among them a cement factory in which there are victims to complain about, according to the Huthi Ministry of Health. The attacked in two dead and 42 injured.

Israel's Minister of Defense Israel Katz threatened the Huthi with a "seven -fold" counter -strike, since it continues to threaten with its military presence and rocket attacks in Israeli territory. Observations show that the Huthi want to expand their attack horizon, which could further destabilize the region.

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