Hamas hostage list includes children, 10 women, 11 older men

It was unclear how many of the hostage were still alive, the British news outlet added, noting it had been showed the list by a senior Hamas official. 

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF JANUARY 6, 2025 08:29 Updated: JANUARY 6, 2025 08:41

Visitors at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv. September 25, 2024. (photo credit: MIRIAM ALSTER/FLASH90)

Among the 34 hostages listed by Hamas to be released in the first stage of a potential hostage deal are young children, 10 women, and 11 male hostages aged 50-85, according to a Monday BBC report claiming to have been privy to the Hamas list. 

It was unclear how many of the hostages were still alive, the British news outlet added, noting it had been showed the list by a senior Hamas official. 

According to the report, among the hostages on the list are also those who Hamas claims are unwell. 

PMO denies reports that Israel received list of hostages

On Sunday, Reuters reported that Hamas approved a list of 34 hostages presented by Israel to be released in a possible deal. The Prime Minister’s Office denied the report.

A woman casts a shadow as she walks past a banner calling for the release of the hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, December 5, 2024. (credit: REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A source with knowledge of the hostage deal negotiations also told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday that talks were "progressing slowly" and that Israel did not receive "any list from Hamas regarding the hostages; we don’t know which hostages are alive or what their conditions are.”

Amichai Stein and Hannah Sarisohn contributed to this report.