Al-Qassam Brigades the armed wing of Hamas said Saturday that 60 Israeli hostages had been killed in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since October 7.
Spokesman for the Brigades Abu Obeida said “after search operations there are 23 bodies (of hostages) lost under the rubble.”
“It seems we cannot reach them due to the ongoing brutal aggression by the occupation forces against Gaza” Abu Obeida added.
In an earlier statement al-Qassam Brigades said that it was holding 200 – 250 hostages including soldiers and settlers but 50 of them were killed by Israeli strikes.
