Portugal, with four dead and four missing, is one of several countries named in the list of foreign citizens killed, hostage or disappeared since the Hamas attack on Israel, updated by the AFP news agency on Thursday.
According to the Israeli authorities More than 1,400 people were killed on Israeli territory by Hamas fighters, most of them civilians, shot by bullets, burned alive or mutilated on the first day of the attack, carried out on October 7 from the Gaza Strip.
Israel also guaranteed that Hamas had kidnapped about 220 people, including Israelis, foreign nationals or people with dual nationalities.
In the Gaza Strip, According to the latest update from the Ministry of Health of the Palestinian territory, which has been controlled by Hamas since 2007, more than 7,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in bomb attacks in retaliation by the Israeli army.
The deaths of more than 200 foreigners, many of whom were also Israeli nationals, were confirmed by several countries, according to a tally compiled and updated by AFP on Thursday.
The list of foreign victims in Israel and their respective countries, according to the latest information released on Thursday:
Thailand, the United States and France are the worst affected countries
At least 33 Thais were killed and 18 kidnapped, according to a new Thai government report released Thursday. About 30,000 Thais work in Israel, mainly in the agricultural sector.
Data from the White House (the presidency of the United States) shows that at least 31 Americans have been killed, while another 13 are reported missing. The President of the United States, Joe Biden, assured that among the hostages were American citizens. An American woman and her daughter were released last Friday.
In Paris, as announced on Wednesday by France’s President Emmanuel Macron, 31 French citizens were also killed, while nine others are being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza, including Mia Shem, who appeared in a video broadcast by the Islamist group on October 16 . movement.
Ukraine and Russia with a heavy balance
According to a new report released today by Kiev, 21 Ukrainians have been killed, with one reported missing.
Moscow confirmed that 19 Russian-Israelis have been killed and two others have been taken hostage by Hamas, while seven Russians are also missing.
From Nepal to Portugal, via Brazil
In the case of Britain, at least twelve Britons have been killed and five reported missing, according to information provided by London. Among the dead was Yahel Sharabi, a 13-year-old girl who died along with her mother Lianne and her older sister Noiya, 16, the family announced. The father, Eli, remains missing.
At least ten Nepalis were killed, according to the Nepalese embassy in Tel Aviv, which also reported losing contact with another fellow citizen.
Berlin, in turn, indicated that the total number of Germans killed was less than ten, but with a “low double-digit number” of hostages.
From Buenos Aires, the Argentine government reported nine deaths and 21 missing.
The Government of Canada confirmed the deaths of six Canadian citizens and two missing persons.
Romania announced the deaths of five Israeli-Romanians, including a soldier, while another of the country’s citizens was taken hostage by Hamas.
From Portugal, the AFP list mentions four Portuguese-Israeli dead and another four missing.
Four deaths and two missing are confirmed from China.
The Philippines confirmed four deaths, including a 33-year-old woman and a 42-year-old man, in an attack on a kibbutz. Two Filipinos are also missing.
In Brazil, the deaths of a man and a woman with dual nationality (Brazilian and Israeli) were confirmed. The country also confirmed the death of another Brazilian citizen.
Austria, Italy, Belarus, Peru, South Africa, Chile, Turkey, Spain, Colombia, Cambodia, Australia, Honduras, Azerbaijan, Ireland, Switzerland, Mexico, Netherlands, Uruguay, Paraguay, Tanzania and Sri Lanka are also listed in AFP’s list is countries that have confirmed the deaths of civilians or reported the existence of hostages or disappearances.
Source: DN
