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Various media reports are quoting Israel Defence Forces (IDF) spokesperson Danie Hagari stating that Hamas is still holding its 241 citizens as hostages.

This figure was updated and corrected as of Friday the 3rd of November 2023.

It may be recalled that Hamas terrorists had attacked Israel on October 7th  and took away hostages.

An ANI news agency dispatched is sourcing its news from the Times of Israel saying that the number does not include four released hostages and an Israeli soldier who was rescued by the IDF.
Meanwhile, the IDF announced the death of another soldier, Staff Sgt. Itay Saadon who was killed in fighting in the northern Gaza Strip.
The Times of Israel reported that the soldier was a tank commander in the 401st Armoured Brigade’s 52nd Battalion, from Har Halutz.
Additionally, the IDF also shared a video of Israeli troops discovering a tunnel and blowing up another.
Moreover, IDF on Friday said that their security forces eliminated the Hamas battalion commander during overnight operations who was directed by Mustafa Dalul and held key positions in the Hamas Gaza city brigade.
IDF also shared an audio, citing a source in the Gaza healthcare system that Hamas is stealing fuel from Gazan civilians, storing it under Shifa Hospital and using it for terror.
IDF troops uncovered tunnel shafts, rigged them with explosives, and neutralized Hamas’s terrorist tunnels during special operations inside Gaza.
ANI quoting The Times of Israel report that the Israel Defence Forces says troops in the elite Yahalom combat engineering unit have been working to demolish Hamas tunnels discovered during ground operations in the Gaza Strip.
Yahalom troops, members of the Combat Engineering Corps’ 7107th Battalion, along with infantry forces of the Nahal and Negev brigades, as well as tanks, have uncovered several tunnel entrances in northern Gaza, the IDF says.