2023-11-25 22:19:07
The second group of hostages released by Hamas arrived in Israel on Saturday, November 25 after being freed shortly before midnight, the Israeli army announced. According to Egyptian and Israeli authorities, 13 of them are Israeli hostages and four are Thai. Earlier, the spokesperson for the Qatari Foreign Ministry, Majed Al-Ansari, said on “eight children and five wives” among the Israeli hostages. The release was announced in separate statements by Hamas, the Israeli army and the Qatari foreign ministry. The hostages were released and handed over to the Red Cross, in accordance with the agreement between Israel and Hamas. The cars transporting them crossed the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt late in the evening. The Israeli army announced shortly after their arrival on Israeli soil.
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An exchange identical to that of Friday. “We are talking about 13 hostages” against 39 Palestinian prisoners “who will be released from Israeli prisons”had announced in the middle of the afternoon on BFMTV Olivier Rafowicz, spokesperson for the Israeli army. “But we always have to be a little careful, because there can be last minute changes”he also declared.
Some 215 hostages still held in Gaza. The first twenty-four hostages, including ten Thais and one Filipino released outside of the agreement between the two belligerents, arrived in Israel via Egypt. The Jewish state, for its part, released 39 Palestinians detained in its prisons. “There are approximately 215 hostages remaining in Gaza”said an Israeli army spokesperson, Doron Spielman, before Saturday’s releases. “We don’t know, in many cases, whether they are dead or alive”he added.
Humanitarian aid was able to enter the enclave. This truce, which is supposed to last until 6 a.m. Tuesday morning, also allows the entry of a greater number of humanitarian aid convoys into the Gaza Strip, in a state of “complete seat” since October 9. Eight humanitarian aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip on Saturday morning. These are four fuel tankers and four cooking gas trucks, specifies an Israeli army spokesperson. on. This spokesperson states that “200 aid trucks are expected today” in the Gaza Strip.
Suspected Iranian attack on Israeli ship. A ship belonging to an Israeli businessman was lightly damaged Friday in a suspected Iranian attack in the Indian Ocean. “We are aware of reports that a Shahed 136 drone hit a ship in the Indian Ocean”, a US military official said, adding that the boat suffered light damage but that there were no injuries on board. The Shahed 136 drone is part of the arsenal of Iranian forces, which seems to support the theory of an attack on Tehran.
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