Two more Israeli hostages were released on Saturday in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and from one of the CACFIRE deal as a details as a details of a body from Gaza that confirms the hostage Shiri Bibas.
40 -year -old Tal Shoham, who was taken from Kibutz Berry during October. 7, 2023, Hamas attacked Israel, a US-nominated terrorist group, and a 39-year average Mengistu, who crossed Gaza on his own, handed over the red cross in Gaza city of Rafa on Saturday Was gone ,
Hundreds of people, including Hamas fighters, were standing in the rain -soaked square in the rain -soaked in Balaklavas and Hamas headbands, Balaklavas and Hamas headbands, as the handover took place.
In Tel Aviv, the Israelis watched the release through video waving flags and carrying the placards with photographs of hostages and two people were paraded on a platform surrounded by masked armed Hamas fighters.
Four other hostages were later released on Saturday. Elia Cohen, 27; Omar Shem Tove, 22; And 23 -year -old Omar Venkart was taken from a concert during October. 7, Attack. The 36-year-old Hishham al-Sed has been held since a decade ago after crossing the Gaza Strip under unemployed circumstances.
Six Israelis are expected to free the last living hostages during the first phase of the ceasefire.
In turn, Israel has been designed to release more than 600 Palestinians from Israeli jails.
Saturday’s hostage release made a late return to Shiri Bibas’s remains on Friday. His body should have been among three other people, including two of his children, which were handed over by Hamas on Thursday. But the Israeli army said that the woman body was not her, the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, indicated that Hamas would pay the price to leave Bibas’s remains as a peace agreement with Israel. “.
In a video statement, Netanyahu said, “We will work with all our hostages determined to bring Shiri home – both survive and dead – and make sure that the full price for this cruel and bad violation of Hamas Agreement Pays. “
A statement issued by the Bibas family to Frike said that forensic analysis confirmed Shiri Baba’s remains.
“Last night, our Shiri returned home,” the family said.
Hamas said that Bibas’s remains were mixed with other human remains taken from the debris after an Israeli aerial attack, the place he was held.
Israeli officials said forensic evidence indicated Shiri Bibas and his children were killed by Palestinian terrorists.
Israel and Hamas are in the first phase of a ceasefire which began on 19 January. Negotiations on the second phase are about to begin this week, according to Israeli Foreign Minister Gidon Sar.
In October 2023, Hamas killed about 1.200 people on Israel and took around 250 people as hostages. More than half of prisoners have been issued in ceasefire agreements and other deals, while eight were rescued in military operations.
According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, Israel’s air and ground war killed over 48,200 Palestinians, most women and children who do not say how many fighters were. The Israeli army says that the toll of death including 17,000 terrorists. The aggressive destroyed the vast areas of Gaza and displaced most of its population of 2.3 million.
Some information for this report came from Associated Press, Egnes France Press and Reuters.