According to a Pentagon official’s revelation on October 31, 2023, the United States government deployed special forces to Israel to help find hundreds of hostages that militant organization Hamas has taken captive.
“We’re actively helping the Israelis to do a number of things,” Christopher Maier, an assistant secretary of defense, said during a special operations conference in Washington, DC, per a New York Times report.
Hamas took around 245 people hostage during its surprise attack against southern Israel on October 7. This attack resulted in the killing of 1,400 people. The bulk of the hostages are civilians, and several are American nationals.
Thus far, Hamas has released four captives, which includes two US-Israeli dual nationals.
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