Palestinian militants released three Israeli hostages on Saturday, which was close to the latest swap, in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners freed by Israel, that the Gaza Trus was close to falling.
The AFP journalist saw the masked Hamas gunmen paraded the hostages on a platform in front of the crowd in the southern city of Gaza, where they were designed to make a statement in a microphone before handing over to the Red Cross and back to the Israeli region Have been taken. ,
Three men who tampering by the fighters called the gift bags given by their prisoners and certificates to complete the hostage exchanges further under the ceasefire deal.
An AFP journalist said that after a long time, a bus load of Palestinian prisoners left the Israeli jail and was congratulated by a cheering crowd in West Bank city occupied by Ramallah.
According to another AFP journalist, more buses took prisoners from an Israeli jail to Gaza Patti in Negev Desert.
Saturday’s swap, sixth since the impact of the Trus on 19 January, Hamas came after Hamas threatened to stop the hostage release on the alleged Israeli violation, while Israel threatened to resume the war if it did it .
Three hostages-Israel-American-American Sagui Dekel-Chane, Israeli-Russian Sasha Trupanov and Israel-Argentine Yare Horn-Gaja were organized by terrorists, as Hamas was attacked on October 7, 2023, who was attacked by 16 months. The first war was given birth.
The hostage friends and family members shed tears of happiness in the eyes of their loved ones on Saturday.
“Finally, Sasha can be surrounded by her loved ones and start a new route,” the family of Troopnov said in a statement.
Awital, wife of DEKEL-Charan, said in a call to her sister aired by Israeli’s Cannes Public Broadcaster: “My breath is back. She looks very beautiful.”
Next stage
The AFP reporter said that later in the day, hundreds of Palestinians reached the Khan Unis, free from Israel, where they indicated the victory and waved a Jabilant crowd.
According to the Palestinian prisoners club EdvocC Group, Israel was taken into custody 333 ghazans during the war, as well as 36 prisoners were sentenced to life, of which 24 of which are due to exile under the conditions of the Trust deal. Were.
Israel confirmed that it had released a total of 369 prisoners.
The images broadcast on Israeli media showed the Palestinian prisoners ahead with their release, in which the prison service logo, a star of David and the slogan specialized sweatshirts: “We won’t forget and we will not forgive.”
After appearing on the verge of the deal, a Hamas official said on Friday that the group had expected a conversation in the second phase of the ceasefire. Another source familiar with the talks offered a uniform timeline.
The interaction on the second phase is to move towards the more permanent end to the war.
The United States Secretary Marco Rubio, whose country is the top backer of Israel and is one of the Trus Mandatory, is coming to Israel late on Saturday night, ahead of the expected talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
A Israeli campaign group, The Hostel and Missing Familys Forum, warned in a statement against the “collapse” of the ongoing agreement, calling the parties and continuing to use this speed. Gaza.
‘Welcome to return’
A crowd gathered in the commercial hub of Israel’s Tel Aviv, in which several Israeli flags and posters were taken to many Israeli flags and posters, including “sorry and welcome back” and “The Ceaefire”.
The release of last week provoked anger in Israel and after the free hostages were paraded on stage, there was a matter of concern over situations in their weak state captivity.
After his release last week, many people were also apprehensive for Palestinians in Israeli custody after being hospitalized. Red Crescent said that four people released on Saturday were also transferred to the hospital in West Bank.
The ceasefire has been under mass stress since US President Donald Trump proposed an acquisition of the Gaza Strip, under which the population of more than two million people will be taken to Egypt or Jordan.
Arab countries have come together to reject Trump’s plan, and Saudi Arabia hosted Egypt, Jordan, Qatar and United Arab Emirates leaders on Thursday for a summit on the issue.
A joint statement by heads of Christian churches in Jerusalem also stated that Ghazan should not be forced into exile “.
As a result of the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, according to AFP Tally of Israeli official data, 1,211 people died, mostly citizens.
Terrorists also took 251 hostages, of which 70 are built in Gaza, of which 35 Israeli army says that they have died.
Netanyahu’s office said immediately after Saturday’s release that he was working with the United States, which, without offering nuances to the remaining hostages “as soon as possible”.
Israeli’s anti-retraction campaign has killed at least 48,264 people in Gaza, most of them consider the United Nations reliable, according to data from the Ministry of Health in the Hamas-Interested sector.
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