Israel confirmed receiving the second batch of hostages released by Hamas on Saturday evening, noting that the group includes 13 Israelis and four Thai citizens.
Netanyahu’s office indicated that the Israelis released from Gaza included “6 women and 7 children.”
Hamas stated that its armed wing handed over 13 Israeli hostages and four foreign nationals to the International Committee of the Red Cross, which is the second group of Israeli and foreign hostages from Gaza to be released according to a four-day truce between Hamas and Israel, which entered into force on Friday.
She added in a statement, “As part of the humanitarian truce, the Al-Qassam Brigades handed over to the Red Cross 13 Israeli detainees and four foreign nationals,” after correcting previous information stating that seven foreigners had been released.
Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari confirmed via:X“The Israeli army accompanies the convoy of released hostages after it arrives in Israel.
He added, “A special unit belonging to the IDF and a force affiliated with the General Security Service are currently accompanying in the land of Israel the kidnapped persons returning to the country. After the returnees undergo an initial assessment of their medical condition, our forces will accompany them until they reach the arms of their families in hospitals.”
He stressed that “we will continue to work with the security services to return the kidnapped women and men,” calling on “the public to be patient and sensitive and to respect the privacy of the returnees and their families.”
It was Hagari, announced via X Earlier, “Red Cross delegates transferred 17 kidnapped persons, 13 Israelis and four Thais, to Egypt.”
Hagari said that
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir stated, “After the deal that was concluded, terrorists living in East Jerusalem were released, thanks to the police who implemented my policy and prevented them from celebrating. I expect that the army and civil administration will also work to prevent celebrations as we see throughout West Bank”.
The Israeli army posted in a tweet Video He showed his preparations to receive the returnees at the Kerem Shalom crossing.
Majid Al-Ansari, spokesman for the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said on Saturday that 13 Israeli hostages and four foreigners had been handed over to the Red Cross.
Scenes shown on Egyptian television showed the arrival of the hostages released from the Gaza Strip to Egypt.
The truce became threatened when Hamas announced that it had decided to delay the release of the second batch of detainees until Israel complied with the terms of the agreement related to the entry of relief trucks into the northern Gaza Strip and due to non-compliance with the agreed-upon standards for releasing Palestinian detainees.
But Doha confirmed that “after the delay in implementing the release of prisoners on both sides, the obstacles were overcome through Qatari-Egyptian-American communications with both sides,” according to what Al-Ansari said earlier, Saturday.
Al-Ansari stated at the time that he would release 39 Palestinian women and children from Israeli prisons on Saturday night, in exchange for the release of 13 Israeli hostages held in Gaza, in addition to 7 other foreign civilians outside the framework of the humanitarian truce agreement.
On Saturday, the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and the US President, Joe Biden, discussed the implementation of the Israeli armistice agreement between Israel and Hamas, in a phone call, according to what was reported by the Qatar News Agency, while Qatar confirmed overcoming the obstacles that delayed the release. Hostages and prisoners “through Qatari-Egyptian-American communications with both sides.”
The agency reported that the Emir of Qatar and Biden discussed “the latest developments in the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, especially the implementation of the humanitarian truce agreement reached between Israel” and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
They also touched on “joint international efforts to reduce tension and escalation, protect civilian lives, respect international humanitarian law, and increase the flow of humanitarian aid to the Palestinians in Gaza.”
Biden and the Emir of Qatar discuss the truce in Gaza.. Doha confirms that obstacles will be overcome to release the hostages
On Saturday, the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and the US President, Joe Biden, discussed the implementation of the Israeli armistice agreement between Israel and Hamas, in a phone call, according to what was reported by the Qatar News Agency, while Qatar confirmed overcoming the obstacles that delayed the release of… Hostages and prisoners “through Qatari-Egyptian-American communications with both sides.”
For her part, Adrienne Watson, spokeswoman for the US National Security Council of the White House, said that the US President spoke on Saturday with the Emir of Qatar about the obstacles to the exchange agreement between Israel and the Hamas movement.
It was reported that following the call, which took place at 1:30 pm EST, the White House was informed by the Qataris that the exchange agreement was back on track and that the International Committee of the Red Cross was moving to receive the hostages.
Watson said that Biden was informed of the latest developments related to the implementation of the exchange agreement.
Dr. Majid bin Mohammed Al-Ansari, the official spokesman for the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs, announced in statements to the Qatar News Agency that he would release 39 Palestinian women and children from Israeli prisons on Saturday night, in exchange for the release of 13 Israeli hostages detained in Gaza, in addition to 7 other foreign civilians. Outside the framework of the humanitarian truce agreement.
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2023-11-25 22:10:34
