The gunmen were left with nine hostages. Several tribes held captives as hostages for payment. The flight departs for Algiers, where the terrorists release the female hostages and children. Both sides eventually killed all their remaining hostages. Montoya refused and instead asked for the release of wounded hostages. Three of the hostages were operatives of the CIA. The Beatles were interested in obtaining ransoms for their hostages. The operation lasted seven minutes and was successful with all of the hostages rescued. Initial reports said nothing about casualties among the hostages. Huppert played one of the hostages of the Dos Palmas kidnappings. Four of the hostages managed to escape. In response, Labiche turns and looks at the murdered hostages. Napier insisted on release of the hostages and an unconditional surrender. Napier insisted on the release of all the hostages and an unconditional surrender. The bodies of many of the dead hostages showed signs of torture or disfigurement.