Hamas releases 10 Israeli and four Thai hostages on sixth day of truce in Gaza

The Army of Israel announced this Tuesday that 10 Israeli and 4 Thai hostages were released by the Islamic group Hamas and are being transferred to Israeli territory, on the sixth day of the hostage-for-prisoner exchange agreement, in parallel with the temporary ceasefire.

“According to the information received from the Red Cross10 Israelis and 4 hostages of Thai nationality are on their way to Israeli territory“, the military spokesman said in a statement.

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Among the freed Israelis are four minors, an 18-year-old and five women.

Among the Israelis there is a Dutch citizen, three others have German citizenship and another has American nationality, said the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatarkey country in mediating between Hamas It is Israel which led to a six-day truce that is expected to expire in the next few hours if not extended.

“Qatar hopes that the progress made in recent days can be sustained and that a further extension of the humanitarian pause pact can be achieved,” Qatari officials said.

The 14 recently freed hostages join two other Russian-Israeli prisoners who were released hours earlier.

With them, in total, 97 captives have been released by the Islamic group since the exchange began last Friday, which is accompanied daily by the release of 30 Palestinian prisoners.

Among those released so far are 73 Israelis who surrendered in exchange for 180 Palestinians, to which another 30 are expected to be added and will soon be released.

The agreement establishes the exchange of women and children between both parties.

Unlike previous days, the hostages left later today due to logistical problems, according to Israeli sources cited by the media.

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Among those released today was the mother of a 13-year-old girl who was released the other day, which sparked controversy due to the fact that she was not released with her mother, the media reported.

In turn, six of those freed are from the kibbutz Beerione of the adjacent Israeli communities Link most affected by the attack by the armed wing of Hamas in the past October 7thwhich left more than 1,200 Israelis dead and more than 240 hostages taken to Gaza.

Currently, it is estimated that there are still around 145 captives in Gaza, the majority of them men, some of them foreigners, elderly people or Israeli soldiers.

Source: Elcomercio

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