Hamas releases 3 hostages, Israel releases Palestine as part of a tribute agreement – National

Hamas freed three hostages in southern Gaza on Saturday, and Israel published 183 Palestinian prisoners in the fourth round of exchange in the fourth round of exchange Gauze cessation of fire Between Israel and Hamas.

Six weeks of Phase Phase Requests 33 hostages and almost 2,000 prisonersas well as return from Palestinians Northern Gaza and increase in humanitarian aid on devastated territory.

Israel and Hamas are set next week to start negotiating The second phase A tribute, which requires the release of the remaining hostages and expanding the tribute to the forever.

The war could continue in early March if the agreement was not reached.

Palestinian Health Authorities in Gaza also announced that they were long broken Rafah border crossing With Egypt, on Saturday, he would reopen thousands of Palestinians who desperately need medical care – a breakthrough that signals the fire interruption agreement continues to receive attraction.

The Yarden Bibas family says, “There are no words that would describe the relief of the posture of Yarden in our hands, hugging him and hearing his voice,” after releasing Hamas’s captivity on Saturday.

Bibas, 35, a hostage from Kibbutz Nir Oz at Oc. 7, 2023.

His wife Shiri and their two young boys, Ariel and Kfir, were also taken that day and were still trapped in Gaza. It is unknown if they are still alive.

“Yarden returned home, but the home remains incomplete,” the family wrote. “Yarden is a father who left his safe room to protect his family, bravely survived his captivity and returned to an unbearable reality.”

The family said that “continuing with hope” and that he prays to the public to continue pressing the release of all the remaining hostages.

Palestinians who have been sentenced to years in prison for deadly attacks on Israelis and who have been released on the occupied West Coast have described difficult conditions, beating and other prison abuse.

Many appeared fragile as they discovered on Saturday in their return.

The Israeli prison service did not immediately respond to the commentary request.

In related news, powerful Arabic nations rejected US President Donald Trump’s proposal to move Palestine from Gaza to neighboring Egypt and Jordan.

Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, the Palestinian Administration and the Arab League published a joint statement on Saturday after a meeting of foreign ministers.

They said they reject all plans to move Palestinians from their territories in Gaza and occupied west coast.

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