Hamas launches 3 Israeli hostages for 183 Palestinian prisoners – national

Hamas fighters have launched three great Israeli civilians who held them during the past 16 months on Saturday, Israel He was liberating dozens of Palestinian prisoners as part of a fragile agreement that stopped the war in the Gaza Strip.

A crowd of hundreds, armed men agitation The fighters, Elie Charrabi, 52, led Awhad bin Ami, 56, or Levi, 34, at a stage, as they were forced to make a general statement before they were handed over to the Red Cross.

The three were among about 250 people who were kidnapped during the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, which sparked the war. They seem to be in a poorest physical condition than any of the other 18 hostages who have been released so far during the ceasefire that started on January 19.

The state of the hostages raises anxiety

The state of the meager hostages and the ceremony run by the stage-a departure from previous hostages, as the prisoners were not made to speak-anger in Israel.

“We will not accept the horrific scenes,” said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office. The statement did not set punitive measures.

The Israeli opposition leader Yire Lapid said that “difficult scenes” are a reason to extend the truce with Hamas and bring in dozens of remaining hostages.

In a clear response to the concerns about the health of the hostages that were released, the Hamas military team, Qassam Arts, claimed that it “made efforts to preserve their lives despite the (Israeli) bombing.”

Many Palestinians who were released from Israeli prisons also appeared during the ceasefire, and claimed violations and abuse in the Israeli reservation.

It does not seem that the current stage of the armistice, which will continue until early March, was affected by the amazing proposal of US President Donald Trump to move the Palestinian population from Gaza, and welcomed Israel, but they strongly rejected the Palestinians and most of them international society.

But it can hold talks during the second and most difficult stage, when Hamas launches dozens of hostages for a permanent ceasefire. Enthusiasm may be hesitant to liberate more prisoners – and the loss of the main bargaining segment – if it believes that the United States and Israel are serious to destroy the region, which says rights groups that violate international law.

This was the fifth swap of the hostages for the prisoners during the ceasefire. Before Saturday, 18 hostages and more than 550 Palestinian prisoners were released.

The hostage families forum, a group representing the relatives of most of the prisoners, said that the appearance of the three hostages “raises the terrifying images of the liberation of the camps in 1945, which is the darkest separation from our history.” We have to get all the hostages out of hell. There can be no more delay. “

The first stage of the ceasefire calls for the release of 33 hostages and about 2000 prisoners, the return of the Palestinians to northern Gaza and the increase in humanitarian aid to the devastating lands. Last week, the wounded Palestinians allowed Gaza to leave Egypt for the first time since May.

Who was released on Saturday?

Charrabi and Bin Amy from Kibbutz Perry, one of the most difficult agricultural societies, was arrested during the Hamas -led attack. Levy was kidnapped from the Nova Music Festival, where he was in a safe room when the gunmen arrived.

Sharbi’s wife and two teenagers were killed in the attack. His brother Yossi also kidnapped and died in captivity. Levy’s wife was killed during the attack, and his 3 -year -old son was now sponsored by relatives.

It is not clear whether anyone knows what happened to their families.

Bin Ami, a father of three children, was kidnapped with his wife, Raz, who was released during a week’s ceasefire in November 2023.

Relatives of the hostages chanted, clapped and cried as they watched live clips of their loved ones who are released.

Levy’s brother, Michael, said that his young brother, Almog, had already told his father on his way.

Michael Levy said: “Moggi, we found my father,” he said to a boy, using his title, in an interview with Israeli Channel 12. “We haven’t seen this happiness for a long time.”

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Of the 183 Palestinian prisoners, they are released by Israel on Saturday, 18 people who spend the penalty for deadly attacks on the Israelis, 54 are spending long -term rulings and 111 Palestinians from Gaza who were arrested after the October 7 attack, but they did not crime. All men range from 20 and 61.

Almost every Palestinian has a friend, relative, or acquaintances that have been imprisoned.

More than 100 hostages were released during a week’s ceasefire in November 2023. More than 70 are still in Gaza, and Israel said that 34 of these believed to have died. Israel says Hamas confirmed that eight of 33 were released during the first stage of the truce died.

The next stage of the ceasefire is uncertain

It is not clear whether Israel and Hamas have begun negotiating the second stage of the ceasefire, which calls for the release of the remaining hostages and expanding the armistice indefinitely. The war can be resumed in early March if an agreement is not reached.

Israel says it is still committed to the destruction of Hamas, even after the armed group re -evaluated its ruling on Gaza within hours of the ceasefire. The main right -wing partner in Netanyahu’s alliance calls for the appeal after the first stage of the ceasefire.

Hamas says it will not launch the remaining hostages without ending the war and complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.

In the October 7 attack, about 1,200 people were killed, most of whom were civilians. More than 47,000 Palestinians were killed in the Israeli air and land war, more than half of them are women and children, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, which does not say the number of dead.

The Israeli army says it has killed more than 17,000 fighters, without providing evidence. It blames civil deaths on Hamas because its fighters work in residential neighborhoods.

Senior militants among Palestinian prisoners who were released

Of the 72 prisoners, they were released on Saturday, there are five East Jerusalem, 14 from the Gaza Strip and 53 remaining from the occupied West Bank. Seven to Egypt are transferred before more deportation.

A total of 47 prisoners were released on Saturday from Uri prison in the West Bank, and they were transferred to the Palestinian nursery near Ramallah, where dozens of relatives, friends and supporters of each other were shouted and clapped. One of the very bad prisoners was loaded directly from a bus to an emergency ambulance.

Palestinian security prisoners were arrested for crimes ranging from bomb attacks to participating in armed organizations, in some cases due to decades.

Among them is Iyad Abu Shahda, 49, who was imprisoned nearly 21 years ago because of his involvement in Hamas attacks in crowded civilian areas that killed dozens of Israelis during the Palestinian uprising in the early first decade of the twentieth century. This included the bombing of a suicide bomber in 2004 in the southern Israeli city of Bir Thiba, which killed 16 people, including a 4 -year -old child.

The other is Jamal Al -Tawil, who is a prominent politician in Hamas in the occupied West Bank and the former mayor of Al -Bireh village, adjacent to Ramallah.

He spent nearly two decades and abroad from the Israeli prison, as the army informed its last arrest in 2021 because of its alleged participation in violent riots and efforts made to consolidate the Hamas leadership in the West Bank. He was transferred to administrative detention, which is a renewed period of time for six months in which the suspects are held without a charge or trial.

Israel captured the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem in the Middle East war in 1967. The Palestinians want all the three regions of their future state.