On Saturday, Hamas released the last six hostages of the two expectations of the first stage of the ceasefire with Israel with a week remaining, as the increasing questions during the next stage are ambiguous, the future of the fragile deal.
Among the hostages was three Israeli men seized from the Nova Music Festival, the last of which was during a visit to a family in southern Israel when the militants led by Hamas stormed the border on October 7, 2023, which led to the payment of the 16 -month military campaign in Gaza. The other two hostages were held for a decade from entering Gaza on their own.
Five in celebrations were delivered that the Red Cross and Israel condemned them as cruel and unauthorized, accompanied by Hamas militants in front of hundreds of Palestinians.
Over Wenkert, Omer Shem Tov and Eliya Cohen were launched alongside Hamas fighters. Shaim Toub kissed two militants on his head and detonated kisses for the crowd.
The Cohen family and their friends chanted in Israel, “Elijah! Elia! Elia!” He chanted.
Shaim Tof told his parents, Waldi Touf, as they later embraced them, laughing and crying. “You don’t have any idea about how you dream of you.”
Earlier on Saturday, Tal Shuham, 40, and Evra Mingeto, 38, were released. Mininisto, an Israeli -Israeli, entered Gaza in 2014. His family told the Israeli media that he had struggled with mental health issues.
Later, the Israeli army said that Hisham Al -Sayed, 36, was released. In 2015, Badwin Badwin entered Gaza. His family told the Israeli media that he had previously been diagnosed with schizophrenia.
The release of more than 600 Palestinians, Israeli prisoners-is the largest release of the prisoner for one day in the first stage of the ceasefire, apparently for Israeli security consultations on Saturday evening.
The main edition followed the late conflict when Hamas delivered on Thursday the wrong body of Sherry Pipas, an Israeli mother who was kidnapped with her young children. The remains are determined to be a Palestinian woman.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to take revenge on a “harsh and malicious violation”, while Hamas suggested that it was a mistake.
On Friday, the small armed group handed over that it was carrying Pipas and its sons – the Palestinian Mujahideen Brigades – the body of the Bibbas family said that the Israeli forensic authorities confirmed that it was.
The family said: “Now that it is here, it does not bring any comfort, although we hope it will represent the beginning of the closure.”
Hamas denied on Saturday the Israeli allegations that it was responsible for the death of Pepas children, describing them as lies in justifying Israeli military actions against civilians in Gaza.
Difficult conversations are likely to be the next stage of the ceasefire
The ceasefire deal stopped the bloodiest and most destructive fighting between Israel and Hamas, but there are fears that the war would resume after the end of the first stage.
Hamas said it would issue four bodies next week, and completed the first stage. After that, Hamas will hold about 60 hostages – about half that they are alive.
The conversations around the second stage of the ceasefire have not started, but the negotiations are likely to be more difficult.
Hamas said it would not shoot the remaining prisoners without a permanent ceasefire and the full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
Netanyahu, with the full support of the Trump administration, says he is committed to destroying military capabilities, judging Hamas and returning all hostages, which are widely seen as mutual exclusive.
An Israeli official said Netanyahu will meet with security advisers on Saturday evening about the future of the ceasefire. The official, who spoke, provided that his identity was not disclosed because the meeting was not officially announced, that the discussions will focus “on the goal of restoring all our hostages, alive and death.”
The liberated hostages bring relief and the mark of life
Cohen, Shim Touf and Dencurt were brought in an imaginary uniform of the army, although they were not soldiers when they were kidnapped.
The Shawham family said: “This is an unforgettable moment, as it mixes all feelings quickly,” and it calls for an agreement to liberate all of them are still being held. “There is a window of opportunities. We should not miss it.”
Shawham, who holds Austrian citizenship, was visiting his family in Kibbutz Perry when he broke into Hamas militants. His wife and young children were released in the November 2023 exchange.
The Miniesto family and their friends erupted in a song as they saw for the first time a decade ago.
“do you remember me?” One brother asked while embracing.
“On the surface, it looks good, but there is nothing inside.”.
As concerns about the remaining hostages, Ilan Gilboa Dal, told the father of the captive man Gilboa Calle, the Israeli public broadcaster that the family had received the first sign of life in eight months of a newly liberated hostage with him.
Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners who were released
Among the 620 Palestinian prisoners who will be released 151 who were spending a life or other rulings of violent attacks against the Israelis. Nearly 100 will be deported, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Media Office.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Rights Association said it includes Neil Pargotti, who spent more than 45 years in prison due to an Israeli bus driver’s attack.
They were also released 445 men. 18 children between the ages of 15 and 17 years and five years from 18 to 19; And a woman, all of which were seized by the Israeli forces in Gaza without charge during the war.
The Israeli military attack killed more than 48,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, which does not distinguish between civilians and fighters. Israel says it has killed more than 17,000 fighters, without providing evidence.
The attack destroyed the vast areas of Gaza, which reduces the entire neighborhoods to the rubble. At its peak, the war was displaced 90 % of the population of Gaza. Many have returned to their homes to find anything left and there is no way to rebuild.
The October 7 attack was killed about 1,200 people, most of them civilians. Hundreds of Israeli soldiers died in the war.
Shorrava from the Der Monastery, Gaza, mentioned a sector, and its extent from its Rafah. The Associated Press Tia Goldenberg in Tel Aviv, Israel; Abdul Kirm Hannah in Nawwayer, Gaza Strip; Sami Maggie contributed to Cairo to this report.
