CAIRO: Palestinian militants started handing over three Israeli hostages in Gaza on Thursday (Jan 30) in return for 110 Palestinian prisoners to be freed below a phased settlement that halted combating within the shattered coastal territory earlier this month.
An Israeli soldier, Agam Berger, carrying an olive inexperienced uniform, was led by means of a slim ally between closely broken buildings and over piles of rubble in Jabalia in northern Gaza earlier than being handed to the Crimson Cross.
“Our daughter is powerful, devoted, and courageous,” a press release from her household stated. “Now Agam and our household can start the therapeutic course of, however the restoration won’t be full till all of the hostages return house.”
Two different hostages, Gadi Moses, 80, and Arbel Yahud, 29, each kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz within the Hamas-led assault on Israel on Oct 7, 2023, had been proven hugging each other within the presence of masked gunmen in black uniforms in a video launched by Hamas ally Islamic Jihad.
Yahud was later proven being handed over to the Crimson Cross surrounded by a surging crowd and armed Palestinian militants on the website of the bombed home within the southern Gaza metropolis of Khan Younis of Hamas chief Yahya Al-Sinwar, who was killed by Israel.
Dozens of militants thronged the positioning in a potent reminder that Hamas, which Israel has vowed to obliterate, nonetheless has a powerful presence in Gaza regardless of heavy bombardment from the Center East’s most superior navy over greater than 15 months.
“The killing of leaders solely makes the folks stronger and extra cussed,” senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri stated of Sinwar, who was filmed by an Israel drone badly wounded throwing a bit of wooden on the machine in his closing defiance of Israel.
