Hamas announced this Thursday death of 50 hostages Israeli bombing in the Gaza Strip, controlled by the Palestinian Islamist group.

The representative of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, Abu Obeida confirmed this in a statement, where he limited himself to reporting death of 50 “Israeli captives” air attacks on the Gaza Strip, without providing further details.

Earlier, Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari this Thursday increased to 224 the number of hostages from his country captured by Hamas during the October 7 attack on Israeli territory, which left 1,400 people dead and about 5,000 injured.

However, last week Abu Obeida said they only had 250 hostages.200 in the hands of Al-Qassam Brigades and 50 in the hands of other Palestinian militias-.

Hamas has released four hostages in recent days: a mother and daughter. Judith and Nathalie Raananhas American citizenship and was released on Friday, and Elderly Israeli women Yochved Lifshitz and Nurit Cooperpublished by Hamas this Monday.

More than half the hostages have been freed, according to data provided by the Israeli government on Wednesday. international passport from approximately 25 countries. At least 54 people of Thai nationality were among those abducted.

Since the Hamas attack on October 7, Israel has bombed the Gaza Strip daily, killing at least 7,028 Palestinians and injuring 18,484, according to Gaza’s health ministry.