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Where are the Israeli captives taken in the Hamas-led October 7 attack?

It has been a year since the Hamas-led attack on Israel in which 1,139 people were killed and about 250 captured and taken to the Gaza Strip.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel has killed more than 41,900 people in its genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza.
Here’s what to know about what happened to the captives taken from Israel:
Palestinian armed groups led by Hamas’s armed wing attacked several areas in southern Israel.
Israeli officials said 251 people were taken captive, including women, men, children and the elderly.
Among them were 23 Thai nationals, one Nepali national and one Filipino national who were working or studying in Israel.

Several were dual nationals. It is unclear how many of the captives hold dual citizenship. However, at least 15 of those released were from Mexico, Germany, Argentina, Ireland, the United States and South Africa.
The US says 12 Americans were taken captive and seven are still in captivity.
The captives were believed to have been taken to different locations in the Gaza Strip by fighters from different Palestinian groups.
Nearly half the captives have been released. Others are still in captivity with some confirmed or feared dead.
In return, Israel freed about 240 Palestinians imprisoned in Israel, many of whom were minors and many more who had not been convicted of a crime.
Within the first four days of the temporary ceasefire, Israel arrested more than 130 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.

Eight people have been rescued alive from Gaza by Israeli forces, often during heavy shelling that kills scores of Palestinians:
As of September 1, about 101 captives were believed to still be in Gaza, according to Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari.
They include more than 30 people Israeli officials said are likely dead.

At least 33 bodies have been recovered, according to Israeli forces, including:
Despite pressure from families of the remaining captives to accept a ceasefire Hamas proposed that would see all of them freed, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is insisting that Hamas must release the captives before any ceasefire can be negotiated.
Netanyahu has faced even more pressure from the families as Israel has widened its war by attacking Lebanon last week.
Some accuse Netanyahu of not prioritising the captives but focusing instead on starting wars with Israel’s neighbours for political gain.
A captive deal “has certainly fallen off the table when it comes to this government”, Al Jazeera’s Stephanie Dekker said.
Demonstrations demanding the release of the captives have been held weekly in Israeli cities in recent months.
Hamas, meanwhile, has maintained it will not release the captives unless Israel agrees to and implements a complete ceasefire in Gaza.

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