President Donald Trump suggested on Sunday that some Israeli hostages have died inside Gaza since the last ceasefire, alarming families of the 20 hostages thought to remain alive .

Trump made the comment while speaking to reporters at the White House on Friday, where he took credit for the ceasefire earlier this year when 33 hostages, mostly alive, were released.

“So now they have 20, but the 20 is actually probably not 20 because a couple of them are not around any longer,” Trump said.

After the main group representing hostage families criticized Israeli negotiators for failing to keep them updated, Israeli officials said their assessment of the hostages’ conditions was unchanged.

There are 50 hostages remaining in Gaza, all but one of whom were abducted when Hamas attacked Israel o

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