Israel denies Donald Trump’s announcement of new people from the hostages

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that three of the hostages still retained in Gaza, kidnapped during the attack on Hamas on October 7, 2023, were dead, and that twenty -one were still alive.

According to the previous assessment established by the Israeli army, out of the 251 people kidnapped that day, 58 of whom are still retained in Gaza, 34 had so far been declared dead. Hamas also retains the body of an Israeli soldier killed in a previous war in Gaza in 2014.

“Of these 59 people, now twenty -one are alive, three are dead”said Donald Trump on the sidelines of an event in the White House. “We want to try to save as many hostages as possible”he continued. “It is a terrible situation. »»

Donald Trump is expected from May 13 to 16 in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. The American president promised on Tuesday a “Very, very big announcement” Before his visit, without giving the slightest clue to his nature, however.