International reporter
The three Israeli hostages, detained by Gaza’s Hamas, were released on Saturday in exchange for 183 Palestinian prisoners owned by Israel.
Yaden Vivas (34 years old), off calderon, 53 years old, Keith Seagel (65 years old) were handed over to the Red Cross.
Palestinian prisoners were taken to the bus to the Gaza and the west coast of the Jordan, many of them came from nearby prison.
The replacement tone was sitting in contrast to the handover mixed OTIC on Thursday. Meanwhile, the crowd was pushed by the hostage, bringing concerns about their safety, urging Israel to delay the release of Palestinian prisoners that day.
The release on Saturday was more ordered, but it retained a presentation element that tried to predict that Hamas would remain the Gaza’s rule.
The armed fighter line did not reach out to the crowd, but the released man was sandwiched by a more armed masked fighter. The banner behind it embraced the image of the killed Hamas leader.
The Red Cross officials signed Calderon and Vivas’s release certificate.
Siegel, a dual naker in Israel, appeared on the stage in Gaza, and the crowds gathered in the hostage square in Tel Avib spouted cheers and said, “He is a hero and hero.” One woman explained that she felt “pure happiness.”
Sigel’s wife, Aviva, said, “No one is more happy than me,” so she was taken in a car to go to see her husband.
“I was overwhelmed by joy, cheaper RELIEF, and emotions after the difficult days of 484 years of unbearable waiting,” said Calderon’s family in Israel, France.
They added that they had “endured a few months with a nightmare,” and added that they had “hope to hug their children again.”
But like Liz Domsky, others had complicated emotions. “They have all the need to go home,” she said while watching the minutes from the hostage square.
Sigel’s NIE and Tal Wax tell the BBC: And we can see that we have lost a lot of weight. “
She added as follows. “Obviously, our family is very excited about Keith, but it’s still a very bitter moment.
In Israel, his wife, Siri, two young sons, Ariel and KFIR, had a similar emotional complexity of Vivas’s release invited by Hamas on October 7, 2023.
Hamas claimed that they had been killed by Israeli air strike early in the subsequent war, but they were named on a hostage list in January.
Andrea Vittenberg lifted the image of KFIR, which was only nine months when he was taken, said, “They are children. They should be at home. It is impossible to be in Gaza. That’s it. “
She added as follows: “I don’t want to give up.”
Israel’s President Isaac Herzwalk said that Vivas’s return was “simply sad,” and his country was “deeply interested in their fate.” “As a whole country, we will embrace them in our hearts,” he wrote.
Helzwoke added, “The hostage is worth the time to rehabilitate and rebuild their lives, and all of the hostages deserve to return home.”
In Lamarer, on the west coast of the occupied, a liberated Palestine prisoner bus met a large and delighted crowd.
According to Palestine’s media, Nasalara Muamar, who was released 17 years later, released in prison 17 years later, said, “It’s reborn today … I left the narrowness of the grave to the world size.” I said.
“I am delighted, despite the pain and difficulty we lived,” said Ali Al Bargutie, who was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Most of the prisoners were detained by Israel’s “administrative detention.” Some were guilty of serious crimes.
The Palestinian Prisoners Association said that 54 were sentenced to prison, and 18 were serving in prison.
The hostage release on Saturdays was more organized than Thursday, which was led by two Israeli and five Thai people cheered.
The 80 -year -old Gaddy Moses’s NIE NIE, Ephrat Matikawa, was “end of his life when the crowd surrounds him in the released people, and her uncle promoted him. The release that said that he praised the brave Red Cross worker.
Israel was called a “shocking scene” by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Israel was guaranteed to be not repeated.
The Red Cross International Committee President Miljana Sporjaric has improved the security around handover and has “performed in a safe and dignified way.”
According to the Ministry of Gaza Health in Hamaslan, about 47,500 people have died in territory after Israel has been attacked after the attack on October 7, 2023, about 1,200 Israelians have been killed, and 251 are hostage. It has become.
The ceasefire and hostage release agreement between Israel and Hamas began on January 19, and 33 hostages and 1,900 prisoners were released in the first stage, and hundreds of trucks were allowed to enter Gaza every day. It is done.
Rafa, which crosses between Gaza and Egypt, the main humanitarian corridor, was resumed on Saturday after the eight months closed.
The Ministry of Gaza Health said that 50 patients left through intersections to access Egyptian medical care.
This week, hundreds of thousands of refugees in northern Gaza are allowed to return to the northern house of Gaza.
However, Ashraf Al Dus said in some people, including his father, had returned south after seeing the destruction of the destruction caused by Israel’s air attack.
“It’s really confusing,” he said. “The situation is catastrophic.”
He said most of his apartment buildings in the northern part of Gaza were destroyed. “I didn’t expect the situation to be like this -too much.”
Additional reports by Mallory Moench