Militants under the leadership of Hamas have published three Israeli civilian men who held on Saturday, and Israel He liberated the dozens of Palestinian prisoners as part of a fragile agreement that stopped the war in Gaza’s belt.
Hundreds of piles ago, armed Hamas The fighters took Eli Sharabi, 52, Ohad Ben Ami, 56, or Levy, 34, on stage, where they were forced to make a public statement before handed over to the Red Cross.
The three of them were among 250 people abducted during the attack on Israel on Israel, October 7, 2023, which caused war. They seemed to be in a much worse physical condition than any of the 18 other hostages, which have been published so far during a ceasefire that began on January 19th.
The state of the hostages causes concern
The illuminated state of hostages and ceremonies of the stage management-dating from the previous editions of the hostages where the prisoners did not make to speak — they were raging in Israel.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahua said: “We will not accept the shocking scenes” they played. The statement did not make criminal measures.
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid said that “heavy scenes” are the reason for expanding the trial with Hamas and bring tens of the remaining hostages.
Deadline for more Israeli hamma on Monday
In an apparent response to concern about the health of published hostages, the Hamas military wing, the Qassam Brigade, claimed that he “put an effort to preserve their lives despite the (Israeli) bombing.”
Many of Palestinians released from Israeli prison during the ceasefire have also appeared and pale, and allegedly abuse and harassment in Israeli custody.
It seems that the current phase of the tribute, which lasts until the beginning of March, did not influence the stunning proposal of US President Donald Trump to switch the Palestinian population from Gaza, which Israel welcomed, but was fiercely rejected by Palestinians and most international international communities.
But that could complicate conversations about the second and more difficult stages, when Hamas is to release tens of more hostages in exchange for a permanent truce. Hamas may be reluctant to release more prisoners – and lose his main negotiating chip – if he believes that the United States and Israel are serious about depoping the territory, for which the groups for real say they would violate international law.
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This was the fifth replacement of hostages for prisoners during a ceasefire. Before Saturday, 18 hostages were released and more than 550 Palestinian prisoners.
The appearance of three hostages “evokes scary images from the release of campsites in 1945, the darkest chapter of our history,” said the forum of family with hostages, a group that represents the relatives of the majority of prisoners. “We have to get all the hostages out of hell. There can be no more delay.”
Hamas releases another 3 hostages, Israel releases Palestinians as part of a tribute
The first phase of the tribute requires the release of 33 hostages and almost 2,000 prisoners, the return of Palestinians to the northern gauze and increasing humanitarian aid on devastated territory. Last week, wounded Palestinians were allowed to leave Gaza to Egypt for the first time since May.
Who was posted on Saturday?
Sharabi and Ben Ami were both trapped from Kibbutz Beeri, one of the most severe agricultural communities, during the attack led by Hamas. Levy was abducted from the Nova Music Festival, where he took refuge in a safe room when militants arrived.
Sharabbi’s wife and two teenage daughters were killed in the attack. His brother Yossi was also abducted and died in captivity. Levy’s wife was killed during the attack, and his relatives took care of his now three -year -old son.
It is unclear if any man knows about what happened to their families.
Ben Ami, the father of three, is abducted with his wife Razom, who was released during the weekly tribute in November 2023.
The hostages relatives cheered, clapped and cried as they watched the live recordings of their loved ones.
Levy’s brother, Michael, said his brother’s young son, Almog, had already said that his father was on the way.
“Mogi, we found Dad,” Michael Levy said he told the boy, using a nickname, in an interview with the Israeli channel 12. “We haven’t seen such happiness in him for a long time.”
183 Palestinian prisoners who released Israel on Saturday include 18 people who served life penalties for deadly attacks on Israelis, 54 who served long -term penalties and 111 Palestinians from Gaza who were detained after October 7th but did not try for any crime . All men are between 20 and 61.
Almost every Palestinian has a friend, relative or acquaintance who is closed.
More than 100 hostages were published during a weekly truce in November 2023. More than 70 is still in Gaza, and Israel said that 34 are believed to be dead. Israel says Hamas confirmed that eight out of 33 was released in the first phase of the trial of the dead.
The next phase of the switch is uncertain
It is not clear whether Israel and Hamas began negotiating the second phase of the tribute, which requires the release of the remaining hostages and the extension of the tribute to the forever. The war could continue in early March if the agreement was not reached.
Israel says that it is still dedicated to the destruction of the Hamas, even after the militant group confirmed its power over Gaza within a few hours of the trial. The key extreme right partner in Netanyahu’s coalition is to call to war to continue after the first phase of the tribute.
Hamas says he won’t let the remaining hostages without ending the war and full of Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
In October 7, about 1,200 people were killed, mostly civilians. More than 47,000 Palestinians were killed in Israel’s retaliation of air and ground war, more than half of women and children, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, which does not say how many of the dead there were militants.
The Israeli army says she killed over 17,000 fighters without giving evidence. He blames civil deaths for Hamas because his fighters work in residential districts.
Older militants among Palestinian prisoners who set up release
Of the 72 prisoners released on Saturday, five are from East Jerusalem, 14 from Gaza’s belt, and the remaining 53 from the occupied West Coast. Seven will be transferred to Egypt before further deportation.
A total of 47 prisoners were released from the Prison of Ofer on the west coast on Saturday, and was transferred to Palestinian custody near Ramallah, where many relatives, friends and supporters welcomed some of them by cheering and clapping. One extremely fragile prisoner was filled directly from the bus to an ambulance for emergency treatment.
Palestinian prisoners of security were detained for crimes ranging from bombing attacks to participation in militant organizations, in some cases dating for decades.
They include Iyad Abu Shakhdam, 49, which has been closed for almost 21 years because of its involvement in Hamas attacks in packed civilian areas in which dozens of Israelis were killed during the 2000s of Palestinian uprising. This included the infamous suicide bombing of 2004 in the Israeli southern desert city of Beersheb, which killed 16 people, including four -year -olds.
The second is Jamal al-Tawil, a distinguished Hamas politician on the occupied West Bank and former mayor of the village of Al-Bireh, who was on Ramallah.
He spent almost two decades in the UI outside the Israeli prison, and the army reported the last arrest in 2021. Because of the alleged participation in the violent riots and the efforts to instill Hamas’ leadership on the West Coast. He has been transferred to administrative detention, which is repeatedly renewable six -month period in which the suspects are held without accusation or trial.
Israel captured the west coast, Gaza and East Jerusalem in the 1967 Midseast war. Palestinians want all three territories for their future situation.
