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Hamas hostages: Stories of the people taken from Israel

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251 Israelis and foreigners were taken on 7 October 2023 .

Israel 's official figure for those held in Gaza is 101 - this includes four people taken hostage in 2014 and 2015 .

This list is updated and names may change, as some people feared kidnapped are confirmed to have been killed or released.

Bipin Joshi , 23 , a Nepalese agriculture student, is believed to have been taken from Kibbutz Alumim .

Omer Neutra , a 22-year-old Israeli -American and grandson of Holocaust survivors, was serving as a tank commander near Gaza when Hamas attacked.

Oded Lifshitz , 84 , a retired journalist, was taken hostage from Nir Oz .

His wife Yocheved was also kidnapped but she was freed in October 2023 .

Tsachi Idan , 50 , was abducted from his home in Nahal Oz , where his eldest child Maayan was shot dead in the attack.

Ofer Kalderon was taken by Hamas from Nir .

Eitan Mor , 24 , was working as a security guard at the Supernova festival.

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