Three Israeli hostages and dozens of Palestinian prisoners are released

Three Israeli hostages conducted by Hamas in Gaza were released from captivity on Saturday, in exchange for 183 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.

The 34 -year -old Yarden Bibas, the 53 -year -old offer Calderon, and Keith Siegel, 65, were handed over to the Red Cross -the most hostages to be released as part of a fire to end the fire last month.

The Palestinian prisoners were taken to buses to the west coast, many of them come from a nearby Prison ofer.

The tone of the exchange was sitting in complete contrast with the chaotic transmission of Thursday, during which the growing crowds pressed against the hostages, causing concern for their safety and prompted Israel to slow down the release of Palestinian prisoners that day.

Saturday was more arranged on Saturday, but retained the presentation elements that sought to design that Hamas remained the governing force in Gaza.

The lines of armed fighters kept crowds at a distance, while the men who were released were surrounded by more armed and masked fighters. A banner behind them wore the images of Hamas’s killed leaders.

Red Cross officials signed certificates for the release of Calderon and G -n Bibas, who were then made to hold them while waving at the crowd in Khan Eunnis.

While Mr. Seagal, a double national of the United States and Israel, appeared on the stage in Gaza City, a crowd gathered on the hostage in Tel Aviv, erupted in cheers, some chanted: “He is a hero, he is a hero.” A woman described the feeling of “pure happiness”.

The wife of G -N -Sigel, Adrien, said that “there is no one more happier than I am,” as she was filmed, entering a car to go to meet her husband.

The family of the French-Israeli Mr. Calderon said in a statement that they were “buried with joy, relief and emotion after 484 long and difficult days of unbearable waiting.”

They added that he “lasts for months in a nightmare”, behaving “the hope of hugging his children again.”

But others, like Liz Ladies, had mixed feelings.

“They all have to go home,” she said as she watched the production from the Square Square.

“I have a student there, Bar Kupershtein. I was a high school teacher where he studied. We’re very worried about him. We hope he will come back. He is not in the first list.”

There was a similar complexity of emotion in Israel because of the release of G -n Bibas, whose wife widen and two young sons Ariel and CFIR were also abducted during the attack on October 7, 2023 by Hamas.

Hamas claims to have been killed by an Israeli air strike at the beginning of the subsequent war – but they were Called in a hostage list stating that in January he is ready to break freeS

Holding an image of CFI, who was only nine months old when he was taken, Andrea Wittenberg noted, “They are children. They must be at home. It is impossible for them to be in gas.”

She added, “I don’t want to give up.”

Israeli President Isaac The Duke described the return of G -N Bibas as “just heartbreaking”, saying that his country remains “deeply concerned” about their fate. “As a whole nation, we keep them in our hearts,” he writes.

The Duke added that every hostage released “deserves the time to rehabilitate and restore their lives, and each of the hostages deserves to go home soon.”

In Ramala, on the occupied west coast, buses of liberated Palestinian prisoners were greeted by large and cheerful crowds.

“We were born again today … We left the bens of the graves of the spaciousness of the world,” said Muammar, who was released after 17 years in prison in her first statement, according to her first statement, according to the Palestinian media.

“Our people deserve freedom,” quoted former prisoner Ali Al-Bargutti, as he said after his release.

The Saturday hostage edition was more organized than Thursday when two Israelis and five Thai citizens were led by cheerful crowds that at times had to be pushed out of the wayS

Described as “shocking scenes” by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel asked and received assurances – that they would not be repeated.

The International Committee of the President of the Red Cross, Misana Spolljarik, called on the security about the show to improve, and they “are held in a safe and dignified manner.”

According to Hamas Gaza Health Ministry, nearly 47,500 people were killed in the territory after Israel invaded the attack on October 7, 2023, in which about 1,200 Israelis were killed and 251 hostages taken.

An agreement to terminate the fire and hostage between Israel and Hamas began on January 19, with the first stage showing that 33 hostages and 1900 prisoners were released, as well as hundreds of trucks carrying humanitarian aid that was allowed in Gaza every day.

Rafa’s crossing between Gaza and Egypt – a key humanitarian corridor – was also reopened on Saturday after eight months was closed.

The Gaza Health Ministry said 50 patients had left through the intersection to have access to medical care in Egypt.

Hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians were also allowed to return to their homes in Northern Gaza this week.

But Ashraf al-Dus said some, including his father, returned to the south after seeing the scale of the destruction caused by Israeli air strikes.

“It’s really a mess,” he said. “The situation is catastrophic.”

Most floors in his residential building in the northern Gaza city are destroyed, he said. “I didn’t expect the situation to be so – it’s too much.”