Hamas handed over three more Israeli hostage to the red cross in the last exchange in the last exchange fragile truce.
Three Israeli men in the 20th – Omer Wekert, Omer shem fatteningAnd Eliya Cohen – they performed a masked, armed Hamas fighters who would pose on stage in front of the hundreds of Palestinians in the central city of Nuseiirat. They were dressed in false military uniforms, although they were not soldiers when they were abducted. SHEM TOV and Wenkert smiled and waved the crowd.
Cohen, Shem tov and Weenkert were abducted by the Hamas fighters on New music festival.
Looking at the edition, Cohen’s family and friends in Israel shouted “Eliya! Eliya! Eliya!” and cheered when they first saw him. SHEM TOV Granny came in joy, screaming, “Omer, my joy! My life!” As she saw him. The three were placed in the Red Cross vehicles, which then headed for Israel. The Israeli army announced that the three were in their custody and the wound passed the initial medical estimate.
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Earlier that day, two other hostages – identified as Avar Menongista (38), who entered Gaza in 2014 and was held there since then, and Tal Shoham, 40, which was taken away by hostage on October 7th – were put in red vehicles Cross after he was taken to the stage with masked and armed fighters of Hamas in front of the crowd in the southern city of Gazi Rafah. Shortly thereafter, the Israeli army confirmed that the two had been brought to Israel.
“This is an unforgettable moment, where all the emotions are quickly mixed together. Our tal is with us,” Shoham’s family said in a statement, calling for a contract that was reached to release all those still trapped. Shoham’s wife, two young children and three other relatives who were abducted with him were released on November 2023. “There is a window of possibilities; we must not miss it.”
Menongista, Ethiopian-Israeli, has been held in Gaza since entering himself in 2014. Looking at the handover on Israeli media, the Menongist family broke out into the Hebrew song, “Here’s the Light”, as they saw it for the first time in more than a decade.
The sixth man is expected to be announced on Saturday. Hisham al-Sayed, 36, entered Gaza in 2015 and has been held since then.
More than 600 Palestinians at the Israel prison will be liberated in exchange, Palestinian prisoner’s Office said on Friday. The prisoners set up for the release include 50 maintenance of lifelong sentences, 60 with long penalties, 47, which were released in the previous exchange for hostages and 445 Palestinians who had taken away the Israeli troops in Gaza since the beginning of the war.
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Return remains of Shiri Bibasa, says family
The last hostage exchange goes forward after tension built over the awful and heart dispute launched this week when Hamas initially handed over Wrong body for shiri bibasIsraeli mother of two young boys who abducted militants.
Remains of which hamas shifted with the bodies of his sons On Thursday, they were determined later that they were unidentified Palestinian women. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed revenge for “cruel and malicious violation”, while Hamas suggested that it was a mistake.
On Friday night, a small militant group believed to have held Bibas and her sons – Palestinian Mujahideen Brigades – they said he had handed over another body. On Saturday morning, the Bibasa family said the Israeli forensic authorities confirmed that the remains were hers.
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“We have been looking for safety for 16 months, and now that it is here, it does not bring comfort, although we hope it will mark the beginning of the closure,” said the family.
The dispute over the identity of the body has caused a new doubt about the dedication agreement, which paused during the 15 months of the war, but approaches the end of its first phase. Negotiations in the second phasein which Hamas would let dozens of more hostages in exchange for permanent truce and Israeli withdrawal will probably be even harder.
First phase of interruption of fire that will end next week
Hamas said he would publish four more bodies next week, ending the first phase of a tribute. If that plan is implemented, Hamas would retain about 60 hostages, which is believed to be about half alive.
Yael Alexander, whose son Edan is considered to be the last alive, is an American hostage, he said the situation was “nightmare”.
“If they suddenly decided,” Okay, not work, let’s stop and that’s it, without hostages, this will be a catastrophe for us family, “Alexander said.
A statement from the Bibas family says that “there is no more important goal” than the release of the remaining hostages.
Hamas said he would not let the remaining prisoners without a permanent truce and full of Israeli withdrawal. Netanyahu, s Complete support of Trump administration TrumpHe says that he committed to destroy Hamas’ military and managing capacity and returning all hostages, the goals were widely considered to be exclusive.
Trump’s Proposal to remove about 2 million Palestinians From Gaza so that they could own and renew, it threw a truce in further doubt. His idea was welcomed by Netanyahu, but Palestinians and Arab countries universally rejected them.
Trump said on Friday that he was “a little surprised” by rejecting the proposal Egypt and Jordan and not to impose it.
“I’ll tell you, a way to do it is my plan. I think it’s a plan that really works. But I don’t force him. I’ll just sit down and recommend it,” said Trump UA Interview Fox News.
The Israeli military offensive has killed more than 48,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, which does not distinguish civilians and fighters. Israel says he killed more than 17,000 fighters without giving evidence.
The offensive destroyed the huge areas of Gaza, reducing the whole neighborhood to the ruins. In its height, the war fought 90% of the Gaza population. Many returned to their homes to find anything left and no way of renewing.
“We had enough war,” said Wahib Muheisen, who lost her husband and three sons, and now lives in a tent next to her destroyed home, she told CBS News. “I lost so much.”
