Israel delaying the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners after 6 hostages liberated
Israel says that the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners has been delayed “until the next hostages are provided and without humiliating ceremonies” on the handover of Israeli prisoners in Gaza.
The statement of the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahua’s office followed early on Sunday, local time, because the military vehicles that usually move before the bus transporting the captives left the open -minded door of Ofer prison, just to turn and go back inside.
The release of 620 Palestinian prisoners has been delayed for several hours and should only happen after Six of Israeli hostages They were posted on Saturday. It was supposed to be the biggest one -day prisoner releasing in the first phase of Gaza Comesefire.
The Israeli announcement has abruptly led the future of the tribute to further doubt.
The Palestinian Administration Commission confirmed the delay “until further notice”. A video of the Associated Press on the West Coast showed a prisoner’s family, waiting outdoors in almost freezing times, apparently scattering. One woman is shown to go to tears.
Five of the six hostages released on Saturday escorted the masked, armed militants in front of the crowd – a representation that the UN and the Red Cross criticized as cruel after previous handover.
The Israeli statement quoted “ceremonies that humiliate the dignity of our hostages and cynical use of hostages for propaganda purposes.” It was probably a reference to Hamas’ video showing two hostages still published by watching a handover in Gaza on Saturday and speaking under the coercion.
The six were the last living hostages to be expected to be released in the first phase of the truce, and the week remained in the initial phase. Talks about the second phase of the fire breaks are yet to start.
Six included three Israeli men taken away from the new music festival and another recorded while visiting the family in southern Israel during a terrorist attack led by Hamas, which launched a terrorist attack that launched a 16-month war in Gaza. The two held a decade after entering Gaza themselves.
Five was handed over to sturned ceremonies. In one there are Omer Wenkert, Omer Shem Tov and Eliya Cohen set up with Hamas fighters. Looking at the shem fattening, acting under the coercion, he kissed two militants in the head and blew kisses in the crowd. They wore false military uniforms, even though they were not soldiers when they were abducted.
Cohen’s family and friends in Israel sang “Eliya! Eliya! Eliya!” and cheered.
“You are heroes,” Sema told her parents as they hugged each other later, laughing and crying. “You have no idea how much I dreamed of you.” His father, a little shem fattening, said his son’s public television emitter, his son was alone after the first 50 days and lost 17 pounds (37 pounds).
Earlier on Saturday, Tal Shoham, 40 and Avera Menongist were released, 38 years. Menongista, Ethiopian-Israeli, entered Gaza in 2014. His family told Israeli media that she struggled with mental health problems. Israeli-Austrian Shoham was taken from Kibbutz Be’eri. His wife and two children were released in exchange in 2023.
Later, the Israeli army said Hisham al-Sayed (36) had been released. Bedouin Israel entered Gaza in 2015. His family told Israeli media that he had previously been diagnosed with schizophrenia.
The Israeli government did not answer questions about delay in the release of prisoners. Hamas accused Israel of breaking the trial agreement, and spokesman Abdel Latif al-Qanou accused Netanyahu of “intentionally stopping”.
The hostage edition followed followed by a dispute that Hamas handed the wrong body on Thursday Shiri BibasIsraeli mother abducted from her two young boys. The remains were determined that they were Palestinian women. Netanyahu advocated revenge for “cruel and malicious violation.” Hamas suggested that it was a mistake.
Israeli forensic authorities confirmed that the body was handed over to Bibas on Friday. Dr. Chen Kugel, head of the National Institute of Forensic Medicine, said they had not found evidence that Bibas and her children were killed in the Israeli air attack, according to Hamas. Kugel did not cause the cause.
Hamas denied the Israeli military claim, based on forensic evidence and indefinite “intelligence data” that his militants killed the children with “bare hands”, calling her a lie aimed at justifying Israeli military actions against civilians in Gaza.
