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prepared for publication, the fate of some of the hostages mentioned in this story had come to be known. Yotam Haim was tragically killed by IDF fire in a military operation in which he had been mistakenly identified as a Hamas operative. Noa Argamani was successfully freed in a rescue operation by the IDF. Noa’s boyfriend, Avinatan Or, remains a hostage in Gaza. Of the seven female surveillance soldiers from the Nahal Oz military base (where Roni Eshel perished) who were taken alive into Gaza on October 7, one has been rescued, another reportedly has died in captivity, and the remaining five are still held hostage in Gaza.
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