How many hostages are still in Gaza since Hamas attack on Israel? What to know.

Key Facts

The Israeli government estimates that 252 hostages were taken in the cross-border Oct. 7 Hamas attack that killed 1,200 people in Israel, although numbers have shifted over the course of the war.
ISRAEL-GAZA WAR The Israel-Gaza war has gone on for six months, and tensions have spilled into the surrounding region.
The war: On Oct. 7, Hamas militants launched an unprecedented cross-border attack on Israel that included the taking of civilian hostages at a music festival.
Gaza crisis: In the Gaza Strip, Israel has waged one of this century’s most destructive wars, killing tens of thousands and plunging at least half of the population into “famine-like conditions.”