Three more Israeli hostages and dozens of Palestinian prisoners released

Three Israeli hostages being organized by Hamas in Gaza were released from captivity on Saturday, organized by Israel in exchange for 183 Palestinian prisoners.

Yardon Bibas, 34, Terlon, 53, and 65 -year -old Keith Seagal, were handed over to the Red Cross – last month, the latest hostages issued as part of a ceasefire deal were killed last month.

Palestinian prisoners were taken into buses at West Bank, many of them were coming from nearby jail.

The tone of the exchange was contrary to Thursday’s chaotic handover, during which the crowd was pressed into the hostages, was a matter of concern for its safety and inspired Israel to delay the release of that day by Palestinian prisoners.

Saturday’s release was more systematic, but maintained the presentation elements who demanded that Hamas Gaza had a giant force.

The lines of the armed fighters held a crowd in the Gulf, while the men who were released were flanted by more armed and masked fighter jets. A banner behind them bore the images of Hamas leaders killed.

Red Cross officials signed a certificate of release for Mr. Caldern and Shri Bibas, which were then created to catch them as they waved the crowd in Khan Younis.

As Mr. Sagal, a US-Israeli dual national, appeared on stage in Gaza City, a mob gathered in the hostage class in Tel Aviv, which burst into cheers, some chanting: “He is a hero, he is a hero, he is a hero Is.” A woman described feeling “pure happiness”.

Mr. Seagal’s wife, Adrien, said, “Nobody is happy than me” because she was shot in a car to meet and meet her husband.

French-Israel’s family Mr. Calderran said in a statement that he was “overwhelmed with joy, relief and spirit” after 484 long and unbearable waiting “.

He said that he catching “tolerated the months in a nightmare”, “Hope to hug his children again”.

But others, such as Liz Domsky had mixed feelings.

“They all need to come home,” he said that looking at the action from the mortgage class.

“I have a student there, Bar KuperShetin. I was a teacher in high school where he studied. We are very worried about him. We hope he will come back. He is not in the first list.”

The release of Mr. Bibas had a uniform complexity of emotions in Israel, whose wife, Shiri and two young sons, Ariel and KFIR were also kidnapped during the 7 October 2023 attacks.

Hamas claimed that he was quickly killed by an Israeli airstrike in the upcoming war – but he was It was said in a list of hostages in January that it was ready to free,

Holding an image of KFIR, which was just nine months old when he was taken, Andrea Wineberg commented: “They are children. They should be at home. It is impossible for him to live in Gaza.”

He said: “I don’t want to give up.”

Israeli President Isaac Herzog described Mr. Bibas’s return as “just heartbreaking”, saying that his country was “deeply worried” about his fate. “As a whole nation we hold them in our hearts,” he wrote.

Herzog stated that each released mortgage “deserves time for rehabilitation and rehabilitation of their lives, and each hostage is entitled to come home soon”.

In Ramallah, in the West Bank occupied, the buses of free prisoners met large and jubilant crowds.

According to Palestinian media, a prisoner said, “The harassment and torture we saw, did not break us and we could not forget you … We are your sacrifices.”

Saturday’s mortgage release was held on Thursday more than one, when two Israel and five Thai National The cheering was led through the crowd, which had to push out the road several times,

Described by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “shocking scenes”, Israel demanded – and assured – that they would not be repeated.

The International Committee of Mirzana Spolazric, president of the Red Cross, urged that the security around the handover be improved and they “take place in a safe and dignified manner”.

According to Hamas-Run Gaza Health Ministry, about 47,500 people have been killed in the region since attacking Israel in view of the 7 October 2023 attack, with about 1,200 Israeli killed and 251 was taken hostage.

A ceasefire and hostage release agreement between Israel and Hamas began on January 19, with the first phase to release 33 hostages and 1,900 prisoners, as well as hundreds of laws allowing humanitarian aid to hundreds of laws allowed in Gaza each day Is given.

The Rafa crossing between Gaza and Egypt – a major human corridor – was also reopened on Saturday, after eight months of shutdown.

The Gaza Health Ministry said that 50 patients had left through crossings to use medical care in Egypt.

Hundreds of displaced Palestinians have also been allowed to return to their homes in North Gaza this week.

But among them Ashraf al-Dus said that some, including his father, have gone back to the south after seeing the scale of destruction due to Israeli aerial attacks.

“It’s really a mess,” he said. “The situation is frightening.”

He said that most of the floors of his apartment building in North Gaza city have been destroyed. “I didn’t expect the situation like this – this is too much.”