FACT CHECK · THE CAPTIVES: DEALS, TREATMENT, AND WHO BLOCKED WHAT
Claim: 85 hostages were dead when taken
FALSETHE ANSWER
Of the 251 people abducted on 7 October, 207 were taken alive. 44 were killed in the attack and their bodies carried into Gaza. Not 85.
SOURCE
NPR, 22 Jun 2025; AP, Feb 2025
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