FACT CHECK · THE CAPTIVES: DEALS, TREATMENT, AND WHO BLOCKED WHAT
Claim: 13 Oct 2025: 20 living captives home, 1,968 freed
CONTEXTTHE ANSWER
Israel freed 1,968: 250 security prisoners (most serving life for deadly attacks) and 1,718 Gazan detainees held as unlawful combatants, ToI says uninvolved in Oct 7. Bodies of 28 captives still held.
SOURCE
Times of Israel, 13 Oct 2025
timesofisrael.com
timesofisrael.com
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