Unfortunately, I had to look on the internet for information that I was expecting would have been provided as part of the tour. Nevertheless I hope that the following is reasonably accurate.
Fortunately, a considerable number of hostages from the kibbutz were later released.
71 hostages were taken from the kibbutz, with 40 being released during the weeklong ceasefire in late November.
12 of the 13 Israeli hostages and all 11 Israeli hostages released on November 24 and November 27 respectively were taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz.
I believe that the tour guide said there are 36 hostages still in Gaza. Tragically, many of them may already be dead.
Polish Jewish historian Alex Dancyg was recently declared to have been murdered in Gaza.
Israeli journalist Oded Lifshitz drove Palestinian children from Gaza to Israeli hospitals every Friday. He is still a hostage if he is alive. No one knows.
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