A look at the hostages taken to Gaza, by the numbers

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Israel on Saturday said it had identified the body of a hostage, Idan Shtivi, whose recovery had been announced a day earlier.

Israel said Shtivi was 28 when he was kidnapped from the Nova music festival in the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023, that sparked the war.

The announcement came a day after Israel said the body of Ilan Weiss, 55, was recovered in a covert operation, along with the body now identified. The military did not provide details about the operation.

Hamas-led militants killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took 251 hostages in the Oct. 7 attack. The ensuing war has killed more than 63,000 Palestinians in Gaza, mostly women and children, Gaza's Health Ministry said Saturday. The ministry doesn’t distinguish between civilians and combatants.

Here are details on the hostages:

Total hostages captured during Oct. 7 attack: 251

Hostages taken before the Oct. 7 attack: four (including two who entered Gaza in 2014 and 2015 and the bodies of two soldiers killed in the 2014 war)

Hostages released in exchanges or other deals: 148, of which eight were dead

Bodies of hostages retrieved by Israeli forces: 51

Hostages rescued alive: eight

Hostages still in captivity: 48, of which the Israeli military believes 20 are still alive

Non-Israeli hostages in captivity: four (two Thai nationals and one Tanzanian who have been confirmed dead, and one Nepalese national)

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