On Friday, the Israeli army published new information about the hostage situation in the Gaza Strip following the attack launched by militants of the Islamic Resistance Movement "Hamas" inside Israel on October 7.

The Israeli army said that the majority of the hostages are alive, noting that more than 20 of the hostages are children under the age of 18, and between 10 and 20 of the hostages are over 60 years old.

It is unclear how many hostages are being held in Gaza overall.

The Israeli army said that the number of missing people ranged between 100 and 200 people, while Abu Ubaida, spokesman for the “Al-Qassam Brigades,” the military wing of the Hamas movement, said in a video statement on Monday that the number ranged from at least 200 to 250.

He added that the Al-Qassam Brigades took about 200 hostages, and the rest were being held by other “armed formations” in Gaza, adding that they could not determine the exact number of hostages due to the ongoing Israeli bombing.