Around 1,200 people were killed in the Hamas attacks on Israel on 7 October 2023, and hundreds were taken hostage.

Omissions

• The exact number of hostages was 251, so the phrase 'hundreds were taken hostage' is accurate but imprecise; sources specify 251 hostages.
• The claim relies on secondary news reporting of the Israeli government's revised figure; the original Israeli government/Ministry of Foreign Affairs primary publication was not retrieved within the search limit.

Sources

• SecondaryReutersIsrael revises Hamas attack death toll to 'around 1200' ... the death toll from the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in southern Israel had been revised to around 1200 from a previous government estimate of 1400.
• SecondaryNPRIsraeli officials revised down the estimated number of people killed in the Oct. 7 attacks to 1,200 from 1,400 on Friday.
• SecondaryNBC NewsThree years after 1,200 people were killed in a Hamas-led attack ... marking three years since the attacks Oct. 7, 2023.