33 hostages in Gaza died since Oct. 7, Hamas says
A Palestinian boy inspects the destruction at the site of an Israeli strike that targeted a house in the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, Dec. 2, 2024. (AFP Photo)


Hamas announced that 33 hostages have been killed in Gaza since Oct 7, 2023, due to Israel's policies and attacks, without elaborating on their nationalities.

Hamas added that other hostages had gone missing.

"With the continuation of your crazy war," it said in a statement addressed to Israel, "you could lose your hostages forever. Do what you have to do before it is too late."

Hamas shortly afterward published a video it said detailed when and how the hostages had been killed, blaming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for their fate.

The Israeli military did not immediately comment, which came as Israeli military strikes continued in Gaza.

Hamas has called for an end to the war and total Israeli withdrawal from Gaza as part of any deal to release remaining hostages. Netanyahu has said the war will go on until Hamas is eradicated and poses no more threat to Israel.

Israel's genocidal attacks in Gaza killed nearly 44,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and wounded 103,898, according to the Gaza health ministry, and turning the enclave into a wasteland of rubble with millions desperate for food, fuel, water, and sanitation.