Israel counts about 30 minors among the 200 hostages, most of them alive, in the hands of Palestinian militias

MADRID, 20 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Israeli Army has estimated that around 30 minors under the age of 16 are among the approximately 203 hostages held by Palestinian militias after their ground assault against southern Israel on October 7 and that "the majority" of captured are found alive although he recognizes that the militias have carried dead people on their backs to also negotiate for their corpses.

The military, who specify that among those kidnapped there are also between 10 and 20 people over 60 years of age, detail that the majority of them are alive, although they have also confirmed that the militias involved in the attack, both Hamas and of Islamic Jihad, have taken dead people with them.

The Army maintains between 100 and 200 people are missing, and has indicated that approximately 300 of the 1,400 deceased are still unidentified, according to the head of intelligence operations on kidnapped people, General Nitzan Alon, to the 'Times of Israel. '.

This assessment takes place on a day in which Hamas announced its intention to release, when it understands that the favorable conditions are being met, all the hostages from the nine foreign countries that have been held captive in the Gaza Strip since the incursion on December 7. October.

"Foreign prisoners are our guests and will be released when conditions allow. We urge all countries in the world to warn their compatriots not to participate in the enemy army," said Brigade spokesman Ezedin al Qassam. armed wing of Hamas, Abu Obeida.

Abu Obeida has explained that the prisoner figures are not concrete because there are "practical and security difficulties" that prevent an exhaustive count, although there would be 200 under the control of Hamas and another 50 in the hands of other "factions of the resistance, in other places".