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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Vivian Ho

First Thing: Hamas official says nobody knows how many hostages are still alive

A woman at a rally holds up two posters next to her face, showing Kfir and Ariel Bibas, two of the Israeli hostages
Students outside the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on Friday holding images of kidnapped Israelis and calling on the Israeli government to stop the war in Gaza and bring back the hostages. Photograph: Saeed Qaq/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

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With the safe return of the hostages crucial to any deal for a ceasefire, a senior Hamas official has said that “no one has an idea” how many of the 120 remaining hostages in Gaza are alive.

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