On the #hostages v i24news:
' #IDF has notified the families of 120 hostages being held by #Hamas in the #Gaza Strip'

Would it refer to #Israeli soldiers being kept as hostages?

Previously there was talk of about 150 people altogether taken from #Israel

At least 13 #Israeli and foreign #hostages held in five locations in the #Gaza Strip have been killed in Israeli air strikes in the past 24 hours, Hamas’s armed wing, the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades said in a statement.

Hamas took about 150 people captive in its attack on 7 October. It has threatened to kill hostages if civilians homes are bombed by Israel without warning.

As the reports came in, UK Def Sec Grant Shapps told ITV he would treat the claims with "caution" but "deep concern".

#Israel 's #UN ambo defended the #evacuation order saying it was giving an early warning to the residents of #Gaza to "minimise harm to those not involved" in its military operation against #Hamas "For many years, the UN has turned a blind eye to the arming of Hamas, its use of the civilian population and civilian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip as a hiding place for its weapons and murder," Gilad Erdan said "It is better for the UN to focus now on returning the #hostages , condemning Hamas"