The Office of the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, declared that three men who have been held captive by Hamas, will be released on Saturday in A fourth exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners within the framework of the Fuego Alto Agreement in Gaza.
“According to the agreement, the following phase, which is expected to release three other hostages (living men), will take place on Saturday. Families will be informed on Friday of names Of those who will be released, “the prime minister’s office in a statement said Wednesday.
Hostage release this Thursday
Arbel Yehoud, Agam Berger and Gadi Moses, meanwhile, will be released this Thursday, according to information presented by the mediators. Thai citizens are also expected to be released.
The liberation of Tailandese runs on the outside of the agreement of the high the fire reached between Israel and Hamas in mid -January.
The Haran Families Forum welcomed the good news “of the expected liberation of Arbel Yehoud with satisfaction Agam Berger y Gadi Moses after 482 days in captivity De Hamas “, in a statement published on Wednesday.
“An entire people fight for them and anxiously awaits their long -awaited return to the arms of their families. We have the sacred duty and moral right to return all our brothers and sisters home,” adds the statement.
“We will not give up and we will not stop at any stage until All kidnapped return home Within the framework of the current agreement: the living for rehabilitation and the dead for an adequate burial in their country, “continued forum of hostage families.
The War in Gaza broke out on October 7, 2023, after the attack of Hamas in southern Israel, in which this terrorist group killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapped another 251. Of the kidnapped, 97 follow Captive in Gaza, but the Israeli army estimates that 34 of them died.
After the assault Israel launched a fulminant aerial and land offensive In the Gaza Strip that killed at least 46,707 people, especially civilians, according to data from the Gazatí Ministry of Health that the UN considers reliable.
The agreement with Hamas
The high fire agreement with Hamas consists of a three -phase plan, in which the first will be released 33 hostages, from which Hamas admitted that eight are dead, without revealing their names.
The first hostages that Hamas released in the framework of this high fire (there was a truce in November 2023 that allowed the return of captive lagoons) were Doron Steinbrecher, 31, Emily Damari, 28, of British-Israelí nationality , and Romi Gonen, 24.
In exchange for the three young people, Israel promised to free ninety Palestinian captives (women, children and minors).
Hamas also released four welded women, last Saturday. This is Liri Albag, Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa and Naama Levy. The four, which are between 19 and 20, had been captured on October 7, 2023 at the Nahal Oz military base.
The emotional reunion of the 4 hostage soldiers with their families
Later, the Israeli prison administration confirmed that it released 200 Palestinian detainees as part of the exchange.
The return of the Palestinians north of Gaza and a Hamas warning
The agreement of Alto El Fuego also allowed hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by the war to return to northern Gaza where they met a devastation panorama.
Two Hamas leaders accused Israel on Wednesday to delay the delivery of vital humanitarian aid to Gaza, as agreed in the truce agreement, and warned that This can affect the release of hostages.
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“We warn that the continuous delays and the fact that these points are not addressed (the key aid delivery) will affect the natural advance of the agreement, including the exchange of prisoners,” said a high position of Hamas, which spoke on condition of anonymity.
Another official, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, said the group had asked the mediators to intervene on this matter.
Hamas responsible said that Israel was not sending to the Gaza Strip. fuel, tents, heavy machinery and other equipment-, as he had agreed to fulfill the first phase of the high to the fire that entered into force on January 19.
“According to the agreement, these materials had to enter during the first week of the truce,” said the high -ranking leader of Hamas.
“We wait and ask the mediators and guarantors to do everything possible to ensure that the occupation applies the terms of the agreement and allows the entry of these materials,” said the official.