Very recently, it was believed that 24 hostages were alive, but according to Donald Trump, there is now new information.
Three have died, he says without mentioning how he received information about the deaths.
There are 21 (alive), and a lot of dead.
Israel's coordinator for the abducted and missing, Gal Hirsch, claims that the previous figure has not changed, and thus contradicts Donald Trump's information.
"The terrorist organization Hamas is currently holding 59 hostages. 24 of them are on the list of living hostages. 35 of them are on the list of kidnapped persons whose death has been officially confirmed", he writes on X on Wednesday.
Relatives of the hostages express frustration and anger over Trump's information.
What does Trump know that we don't know? This is hard to see and hear, I can't sleep because of this, it's heartbreaking, says Alon Nimrodi, father of hostage Tamier Nimrodi, reports The Times of Israel.
Danny Miran is the father of hostage Omri Miran.
Every day, a new message comes, different numbers of living and dead, and one doesn't know what's happening with one's son. It messes with one's head, he says to the newspaper.
