3 Israeli hostages liberated, but Netanyahu explodes Hamas for “shocking scenes”, delays the Palestinian prisoner

Tel Aviv – Three more Israeli hostages-two females and 80-year-olds are on Thursday in Gaza because the third hostages for SWAP prisoners have agreed Israel and Hamas He finished, but the chaotic nature of the handover of two Israelites was angry with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the extent that he delayed part of his country until later during the day.

Israel later began to release Palestinian detainees from the prison of Ofer on the occupied west coast on Thursday, holding on to his part of the third exchange in the midst of a constant interruption of fire. Buses wearing what was expected to be 110 prisoners on Thursday on Thursday were seen coming out of prison for about two hours after a spokesman Netanyahu said he “instructed the post -release of terrorists who were supposed to be released today – as long as Safe our hostages are not guaranteed in the next few days. “

Netanyahu’s office announced a subsequent statement, saying that after his request, mediators for interrupting the fire “conveyed an obligation to guarantee a safe to go out to our abductors who will be released in the following meals. Israel insists that they will be learned and that the lessons are lessons And that it is that the lessons will be learned in future times will be an extra attention to restore our abduction. “

There were some Palestinians among those released on Thursday who were accused and, in some cases, convicted of serious crimes against Israeli, including murder. Most prisoners were released and allowed to stay on the west coast, but some were sent to third countries, according to Israeli officials.

The Israeli Army confirmed that five Thai nationals on Thursday released militants in Gaza, as either expectedas part of a separate agreement.

The first Israeli published early Thursday was the female soldier Agam Berger, 20. She was handed over relatively neatly in the middle of the ruin of the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gazi. Berger was the last hostage of an unarmed, female Israeli military unit that worked on Gaza supervision.

Seven women from Berger’s unit took hostages during the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. On Israel, which caused the militants to kill about 1,200 people and took a total of 251 other hostages.

Israeli military response to the attack killed more than 47,300 people, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza Hamas, and decimated Palestinian territory, moving almost its entire population and causing a wide humanitarian crisis.

Berger was taken by militants from the back of the destroyed building in Jabalia. Wearing clothes that resembled green military tiredness, she was handed over to members of the Red Cross. The photos later shared by the Israeli army proved to be with their parents.

Two other Israeli hostages posted on Thursday were Arbel Yehoud (29) and Gadi Moses, 80, which was the oldest of the hostages. All three of the hostages liberated from the Red Cross to Israeli forces on Thursday, Israeli defense forces confirmed.

In a joint statement, the IDF and Israeli safety agency said Yehoud and Moses, along with Thai nationals, “crossed the border to Israeli territory” and were on the way to the reception point in South Israel. The statement states that Yehoud and Moses will reunite with their families there, as Berger has been earlier, while five Thai nationals will be welcomed by the Thai government officials.

The video showed that Yehoud was transferred to the Red Cross, more than an hour after Berger’s release, in the southern city of Gazi Khan Younis in the middle of the Mayhem scene. Yehoud and Moses were held by a militant group of Islamic jihad, who is federal with Hamas.

A huge crowd gathered in Khan Younis to witness a handover, which took place near the house the late Hamas commander Yahya Sinwar. Dozens of armed militants from Hamas and Islamic jihad parade through the area, and the prisoning of the prisoner was chaotic, with armed militants, photographers and civilians who pushed around the hostages as they moved to the Red Cross Red Cross vehicles.

Netanyahu posted a statement that condemned the “shocking scene”, calling the demolition of people around the hostages “another evidence of the unimaginable cruelty of the Hamas terrorist organization.”

“I demand that such threats will not be repeated and guaranteed the safety of our abductors,” Netanyahu said.

In yourself Statement posted on the networkHamas called great crowds, “The message of determination and defiance raised before this barbarian occupier. He says that our people will remain on their country, and are determined to accomplish their project of liberation, return and self -determination.”

Hamas did not immediately respond to Netanyahu’s command to delay the release of 110 Palestinians from Israeli prison.

Netanyahu’s command marked the second delay in the process of replacing the hostages and prisoners with a fortified agreement on the trial agreement that the Israeli leader defended Hamas.

Under the terms of the agreement, Yehoud was to be among Four women published During the second exchange, January 24th. After this release last weekend, the terms of the agreement prescribed that Israel would release numerous Palestinian prisoners from prison and allow Palestinians to return to their homes in northern Gaza, through Netzarim Horidor, which divides north and south of the enclave.

When Yehoud was not among those released last weekend, Israel said it would not allow Palestinians to cross the hallway to Netzari. After a fast negotiating procedure, Hamas agreed to perform an earlier unplanned hostage edition Thursday, including Yehoud.

In the anticipation of release and according to the new agreement, Israel began to allow Palestinians to cross Netzari corridor to northern Gaza on Monday.

Tens of thousands of people have Returned to the northMost of them on foot, some found the ruins of their homes and the remains of loved ones, but also reunited with family members who could not see for months.

Hamas and his allies are expected to release a total of 33 of Israeli hostages during the first six -week phase of a tribute, which entered into force on 19 January. He hopes that negotiations on the far more severe phase of the Plan for the termination of fire will soon begin to make progress.

The next exchange, which will be fourth, should be held on Saturday. Netanyahu said that would include the edition of men’s hostages in Gaza.

The edition of three people on Thursday left 82 hostages – and live and dead – still in Gaza, according to Israeli officials, including seven dual American nationals: Keith Siegel, 65, from Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Sagui Dekel-Chen, 35, who grew up in Bloomfield, Connecticut; And Edan Alexander, 19, from Tenafly, New Jersey. Four other Americans are believed to have been killed. It remains unclear when any of Americans could be released.

Older Political Officer Hamasa Nami Naim told the CBS News on Wednesday that the group remained dedicated to the dedication agreement, “and we will do our best to do it and we will try to overcome obstacles and challenges, but we expect the Israelis to keep trying to find the reasons that You stop conducting an agreement, in part to cover up your failure to reach any of your goals in Gaza or because of the scenes that showed the will of the people in Gaza. “

Note the editor: This story has been updated so that it reflects that the released Israeli hostage Arbel Yehoud is not a soldier, as stated earlier.

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