The 64 hostages held in Gaza are still unidentified.

251 hostages, some of whom were already dead, were taken back into the Gaza Strip by Hamas militants during the biggest attack on Israel in history.

Israel thinks that the 64 individuals who remain in captivity a year later—among them two children—are still alive.

The captives are vital negotiating chips for the Palestinian militant organization that controls the Gaza Strip in order to negotiate a ceasefire with Israel and demand the release of Palestinian inmates detained in Israeli prisons.

This is what we currently know about the hostages that are being held in Gaza.

Ten ladies, two infants, and fifty-two men

117 of the 251 hostages the extremists took on October 7, 2023, were released; the majority of these were women, children, and foreign employees.

In late November, 240 Palestinian detainees detained in Israeli jails were exchanged for the majority’s release during a week-long truce.

Israel thinks 64 captives who are still being kept in Gaza are still alive, almost a year later.

Thirty-three of the other seventy-two dead have their bodies in Gaza, according to the army.

The 37 captives who either died in Gaza or were killed on October 7 and transported to the region have had their bodies returned home by the military.

Though some of the 64 people believed to be alive are multi-national, 57 of them are Israelis. Six more are citizens of Thailand, and one is from Nepal.

Ten are women and fifty-two are men. Eleven of them are active-duty members.

There are two kids.

Kfir, the youngest captive, was taken when he was only eight and a half months old. The other is his brother Ariel, who was brought to Gaza at the age of four.

Although Israel has not confirmed it, Hamas has claimed the two children are dead.

– No evidence of life

Only seven other captives have been released alive after the truce broke on December 1st, and those seven were all freed amid Israeli military operations.

It is unclear if the 64 are still alive because there is no evidence of their existence.

On August 12, the armed wing of Hamas announced that two Israeli hostages had been injured and one had been shot dead by its members.

Families are left in heartbreaking uncertainty as a result of Hamas’ repeated announcements of hostage deaths that Israel has not validated.

– Corpses transported to Gaza

On October 7, Hamas terrorists returned to Gaza with a number of dead, including the bodies of ten Israeli troops.

Since the beginning of the conflict, at least 28 additional captives have perished in the region.

On December 15, 2023, the Israeli army accidentally killed three people. They were Alon Shamriz, 26, Yotam Haim, 28, and Samer El-Talalqa.

Six more people were allegedly put to death by Hamas in August, according to the Israeli army: Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Alexander Lobonov, Almog Sarusi, and Ori Danino.

Soldiers discovered them dead in a tunnel in the southern Gazan town of Rafah.

– Festival, survivors of kibbutzes

The majority of the captives were captured during the assaults on the Nova music festival and the Nir Oz kibbutz.

Forty of the at least 76 hostages who were captured on October 7 at the Nir Oz kibbutz were freed. Twenty others are thought to still be alive and are in Gaza. The 16 that are left are deceased.

It is believed that just 17 of the festival goers who were kidnapped are still detained in Gaza.

Out of the minimum 43 captives kidnapped from Nova, only nine have been freed; the remaining seventeen have perished.

entire families

Entire families were transported to Gaza on October 7. The truce in November 2023 relieved them, but it also meant having to say goodbye to loved ones.

French-Israeli children Eitan, Erez and Sahar were freed while their fathers Ohad Yahalomi and Ofer Kalderon are still being detained.