We know for certain that 21 hostages are alive, there is no doubt, says Netanyahu in a video clip on X, reports The Times of Israel.
There are three others where, unfortunately, there is doubt about whether they are alive.
US President Donald Trump claimed on Wednesday that three more hostages than previously known are deceased. The information sparked outraged emotions among the hostages' relatives.
On Wednesday, Israel's coordinator for the abducted and missing, Gal Hirsch, stated that terrorist-stamped Hamas holds 59 hostages, of whom 24 are alive.