"Palestinian militant group Hamas has released the last surviving hostages it was holding in Gaza, in exchange for almost 2,000 Palestinian detainees and prisoners, under the terms of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire. Here are some details about the 20 living hostages released on Monday and hostages still in Gaza, all of them declared dead: NOVA HOSTAGES Most of the living hostages released were abducted from the site of the Nova music festival near Kibbutz Reim in southern Israel."
"They include Evyatar David, 24, who was videoed by Hamas in August, looking skeletally thin and digging what he said in the video was his own grave; pianist Alon Ohel, 24, and Avinatan Or, 32. A video showing Or's abduction with his girlfriend Noa Argamani pleading for her life and reaching desperately towards him as he was marched alongside her on foot circulated across the globe. Argamani was rescued in June. The couple reunited soon after Or's release."
"HOSTAGES TAKEN FROM KIBBUTZIM Seven of the hostages were taken from their homes on kibbutzim, small communities near the Gaza border. They include twins Gali and Ziv Berman, 28, and brothers Ariel Cunio, 28, and David Cunio, 35, who were abducted with his wife Sharon and toddler daughters. Sharon and the girls were released in a brief November 2023 truce."
Hamas released the last surviving hostages it held in Gaza in exchange for almost 2,000 Palestinian detainees and prisoners under the Israel-Hamas ceasefire. Twenty living hostages were released on Monday. Most were abducted from the Nova music festival near Kibbutz Reim, including Evyatar David and pianist Alon Ohel, and Avinatan Or, whose abduction with Noa Argamani was widely circulated; Argamani was rescued in June and reunited with Or. Seven hostages were taken from kibbutzim, including twins Gali and Ziv Berman and brothers Ariel and David Cunio; Sharon and her daughters were freed in a November 2023 truce. Israeli conscripts Matan Angrest and Nimrod Cohen were seized on October 7 and released. Three foreigners among those remaining in Gaza have been pronounced dead in absentia, and the body of Nepalese student Bipin Joshi was handed over. Israeli authorities declared all remaining hostages in Gaza dead in absentia based on forensics and intelligence.
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