Hamas Took More Than 200 Hostages From Israel. Here’s What We Know.

The Palestinian militants who raided Israel in the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7 abducted over 240 civilians and soldiers and brought them back to the Gaza Strip. Israel responded with a military campaign it said was aimed at destroying Hamas and recovering the hostages. Hamas released dozens of the hostages under a weeklong series of temporary cease-fire agreements that ended on Dec. 1.