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Analysis: The Hostage Crisis in Gaza

Analysis: The Hostage Crisis in Gaza

Update: 2024-09-10
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Last week, the Israeli military recovered the bodies of six hostages from a tunnel in Gaza. According to Israeli authorities, more than 60 living hostages, and the bodies of approximately 35 others taken captive during the Hamas-led attack on October 7th, are still in Gaza. Leah Hickert speaks with Jon Alterman, director of the CSIS Middle East Program and executive director of the CSIS Commission on Hostage Taking and Wrongful Detention, about the tactics and implications of the ongoing hostage crisis in Gaza. 

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Analysis: The Hostage Crisis in Gaza

Analysis: The Hostage Crisis in Gaza

Center for Strategic and International Studies