An Israeli official said on Wednesday that the number of prisoners still alive in the Gaza Strip is 24, after US President Donald Trump said the number was 21, raising concerns among their families.

Israel's coordinator for prisoners and missing persons, Gal Hirsch, said in a post on the X website that Hamas currently holds 59 prisoners, 24 of whom are alive and 35 have died, numbers that have not changed since the period before Trump's statement.
"All families of the kidnapped are constantly receiving the latest information we have about their loved ones," he added.
On Tuesday, US President Trump announced that three of the prisoners still being held in the Gaza Strip had died, while the other 21 were still alive.
Yesterday, the Republican president said on the sidelines of a White House event that of the 59, 21 are still alive and 3 are dead.
"We want to try to rescue as many hostages as possible," Trump added. "This is a terrible situation."
In response, the families of Israeli prisoners in Gaza demanded that Benjamin Netanyahu's government clarify how many of them are still alive.