Israeli authorities confirmed that 11 more hostages were released this Monday by Hamas and are now heading to Israel. Qatar also adds that among those released are French, German and Argentine citizens.
“You [detidos] “Those released from Israeli prisons include 30 minors and three women, while Israelis released from Gaza include three French citizens, two German citizens and six Argentine citizens,” said Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al-Ansari. , in the X, formerly Twitter.
The eleven Israeli hostages kidnapped on October 7 during the Hamas attack on communities near the Gaza Strip were heading to Israel on Monday night, the Tel Aviv Army said in a statement, citing information from the International Committee of the Cross. Red (ICRC). . ).
This will be the fourth prisoner exchange after the entry into force, on Friday, of the agreement between Israel and Hamas, which includes a four-day truce and the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.
In the first three days since the start of the agreement, 58 hostages held captive in the Gaza Strip and 117 Palestinians who were in Israeli prisons were freed.
This agreement was extended this Monday for another two days, as announced by both the Islamist group and the Qatari Government, one of the mediators along with Egypt and the United States.
The Israeli Prison Service explained that the prisoners who will be released today will be transferred to Ofer prison, near the city of Bethunia, in the West Bank, and from there they will be transferred by the Red Cross to different Israeli military checkpoints.
This mechanism comes after incidents were reported in which several Palestinians who came to witness the liberations were injured by both gunshots from Israeli security forces and tear gas used to disperse them.
Israel declared war on Hamas on October 7, following an attack by the Islamic group, which included the launching of more than four thousand rockets and the infiltration of nearly three thousand militants, who killed some 1,200 people and kidnapped more than 240. in nearby Israeli communities. to the Gaza Strip.
Since then, Israel’s air, naval and ground forces have counterattacked in the Palestinian enclave, where more than 15,000 people have died, according to authorities in the Gaza Strip, controlled since 2007 by Hamas, most of them children and women. and it is estimated that more than seven thousand people are missing under the rubble.
Source: TSF
