Israeli and Thai hostages, released from the gas under a transaction to end the fire

Eight more hostages held by Hamas in Gaza have been released against the backdrop of chaotic scenes as part of the deal to end the fire with Israel.

Three Israelis and five Thai citizens were handed over to the Red Cross by Hamas before being transferred to Israeli forces and being taken to Israel.

A total of 110 Palestinians from Israeli prisons were later released, including 32 with lifetime sentences and 30 minors.

Israel delayed their release in response to the way hostages were treated as they were betrayed.

Thursday editions mean that 15 hostages were released as the truce came into force on January 19th. Eighty -two are still being held.

Israeli soldier Agam Berger, 20, is the first to release on Thursday – led by masked artillerymen through a scene of ruins at an event managed by the Jabali stage, northern Gaza.

Crowds of civilians were detained by Hamas armed fighters when she appeared on a platform and received a certificate before being handed over to the Red Cross.

She was one of the seven women in the unarmed unit of observers who were abducted on October 7, 2023 and the latter remained in Gaza.

On the Tel Aviv hostage square crowds looking on the big screen, they cheered.

“I’m excited … to see her face, to see her return to her family. She’s exciting,” said Yael Oren, who serves the same unit as a d -Berger decade ago, in front of the BBC.

Photos published by the Israeli military showed that he was hugging four other young women from the unit who were released in the previous exchange on Saturday.

In a statement, her family said they could now “start the healing process”, but that “the recovery will not be completed until all the hostages return home.”

About two hours later, in Han Hennis in southern Gaza, the seven other hostages were brought out against the backdrop of chaotic scenes.

They were led by armed fighter jets through crowds of applauded viewers, many filmed with mobile phones before being handed over to the Red Cross in waiting vehicles.

It took place symbolically in front of the remains of the home – bombed by Israel – of the late Hamas Yahya Sinoure, the architect of the attacks on October 7th. Sinvar was killed by Israeli troops in Rafa in October 2024.

“There was a lot of chaos. There was a lot of pushing,” said a journalist, who covered the show before the BBC. There was chants in the name of Sinuar and Hamas, he said.

A woman in the crowd said he “is proud of the men of gas and gas resistance.”

In Tel Aviv, people looked alarmingly as they held Israeli flags and photos of the hostages.

In addition to Da Berger, Israeli civilian Arbel Yehud, 29 -year -old, and Majdi Moses, 80 -year -old, and Thai farm workers Pongsak Thana, Sathian Suwanakham, Watchara Sriaoun, Bannawat Seath and Urasak LANAO LANAO.

In the uncertainty of the cessation of the fire, the release of prisoners was stopped by Israel until he received assurances that the scenes that accompany the hostage’s release in Khan Einnis would not be repeated.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the “shocking scenes” are “additional proof of the unthinkable brutality of the Hamas terrorist organization.”

Later, the Prime Minister’s office stated that he had received from the mediators “commitment that the safe outcome will be guaranteed for our hostages”, which has not yet been released.

The deposition was the most rink that struck the delicate and complex reciprocal steps that Israel and Hamas committed to the conditions of cessation of fire.

Israel slowed down for two days, allowing hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians to return to Northern Gaza after Hamas failed to include Arbel Yehud in the previous round of hostage release on January 25th.

Two hundred and fifty -one people were captured when Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people. The attack caused a war that devastated Gaza.

Israel’s 15-month military offensive killed over 47,460 Palestinians on the territory, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

Before Thursday, 290 Palestinian prisoners – ranging from those serving long convictions for attacks and other attacks to teenagers held without charge – were released under the termination of fire.

Most have returned to the occupied West Coast, East Jerusalem and Gaza, while about 70 of the most serious offenders have been deported.