More than a fifth of hostages reportedly dead, Israeli reports say

Over a fifth of the remaining hostages in Gaza are reportedly dead, according to a New York Times assessment of an internal report and Israel's chief military spokesperson.

There are discrepancies between numbers, though, with the New York Times saying that at least 32 of the 136 hostages are confirmed dead. Israel's chief military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said on Tuesday that 31 of them were pronounced dead.

"We have informed 31 families that their captured loved ones are no longer among the living and that we have pronounced them dead," Hagari told a regular media briefing.

According to the New York Times, the families of the 32 hostages whose deaths are confirmed have been informed.