Israel has revealed that eight hostages due to be released in the coming weeks are dead
An Israeli spokesman said the updated hostage list from Hamas "matches Israeli intelligence"
In the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire, 26 hostages were still due to be released - that number is now 18.
A statement from Israeli government spokesperson David Mencer, said eight of the 26 hostages still to be released by Hamas in phase one of the ceasefire deal are dead.
Mencer says: "I can confirm that Israel has received, from the Hamas terrorist organisation, a list that includes the status of all of the 33 hostages due to be released in this first stage.
"The list from Hamas matches Israel's intelligence. So I can share with you that 25 of our hostages are alive and eight have been killed by Hamas."
