IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari says the military has so far notified the families of 224 hostages that their loved ones are being held in the Gaza Strip, APA reports citing The Times of Israel.
He says the number is not final as the military investigates new information.
The number does not include four released hostages — mother and daughter Judith and Natalie Ra’anan, freed on Friday night, and elderly women Yocheved Lifshitz and Nurit Cooper released on Monday night.