President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that three more hostages held by Hamas in Gaza have died, bringing the total number of living hostages down to 21.
“They said only 24 are living and I now correct, I say 21 because as of today it’s 21,” Trump said to reporters at the White House. “Three have died. So this is a terrible situation.”
Fifty-nine hostages, both living and deceased, remain in Gaza, according to official numbers.
“We’re trying to get the hostages out, we’ve gotten a lot of them out. As the expression goes, there are 21 plus a lot of dead bodies,” the president added.
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Trump did not clarify which hostages died, or if 21-year-old American citizen Edan Alexander is among them.
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