"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."
Hamas released the last surviving hostages it held in Gaza in exchange for almost 2,000 Palestinian detainees and prisoners under the ceasefire. Twenty living hostages were released on Monday. Most of the released were abducted from the Nova music festival near Kibbutz Reim, including Evyatar David, pianist Alon Ohel, and Avinatan Or. Seven released hostages were taken from kibbutzim, including twins Gali and Ziv Berman and brothers Ariel and David Cunio. Israeli conscripts Matan Angrest and Nimrod Cohen were also released. Three foreigners among remaining hostages in Gaza were pronounced dead in absentia; the body of Nepalese student Bipin Joshi was handed over. All remaining hostages in Gaza were declared dead in absentia by Israeli authorities based on forensics and intelligence; one was an Israeli soldier killed in a 2014 war and the rest were among the 251 taken on October 7.
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