Hamas releases three Israeli men in latest hostage swap

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Hamas released three Israeli people in captivity in Gaza on Saturday, which was later held in the third week before a expected adventure for Palestinian prisoners.

These men were handed over to the Red Cross International Committee at Deir al-Balah, a relatively uninterrupted part of the Gaza Strip.

According to Israeli officials, according to Israeli officials, the October of 2021 was held hostage from their homes and a music festival during the attack on the Palestinian militant group.

Ohad Ben Ami, 3, or Levi (3) and Eli Sharbi, 12 pale and thin Hamas parade on stage along with their heavy armed fighters.

Later on Saturday, Israel needed a ceasefire to release about five Palestinian prisoners. A large majority has been held in Israeli jail without trial. Two dozen of them were sentenced after convincing the Israelites.

According to local officials, about 5 people were killed in a strip surrounded by Israel’s war in Gaza for six months.

Despite the latest exchange, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjasin Netanyahu has expressed his reluctance to end the war because of the operational hiccups and public speeches.

On Friday, Hamas was delayed in the confirmation that after complaining that thousands of tents and mobile houses were not allowed in Israel Gaza – the schedule will be scheduled as per the need for a ceasefire agreement.

A person familiar with the details of this humanitarian supply is needed through a ceasefire agreement, though it is not clear when the delivery was supposed to arrive.

As the winter storms hit the coastal shit, the need for shelter this week has become increasingly urgent. About 2 million people have been displaced there and live in a wide tent city and the ruins of their surroundings.

The future of the ceasefire was thrown into suspicion by Netanyahu’s commitment earlier this week to resume the war with Hamas at the White House earlier this week.

The three-level ceasefire is currently transformed between the first and second phases, which are expected to end the war at this time.

During the first six weeks, Hamas had to release 33 Israeli hostages, including all children, women and men over the age of 50. Saturday it released 21 of them. This six -week period ends in the first week of March.

This team originally held a hostage of about 250 people on October 7, 2023. In November 2023, it released about 120 during a short ceasefire in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. Many of the rest of the hostages are believed to have died.

Last week, Hamas also released five Thai farm workers who triggered the war and captured during the inter -border operation.

Hamas will only begin to release male soldiers that it was captured and if the dead hostage’s body was held in the hands of the dead body, if the temporary ceasefire was converted into a permanent war. For this, Israel will have to withdraw its forces from Gaza.

These discussions were supposed to begin this week, but Israel has not yet been able to send any high-level team to Qatar or Egypt, which is mediated by the United States as well as the contract.

If Netanyahu ends the war, he risks the fall of his ruling right -wing alliance, one of which has a far right political party.

Their demands include conducting continuous fighting and permanent reuse of the Gaza Strip. To take control of this shit in the United States, it is with Trump’s plan to explore his Palestinian people and to Kickstart a reconstruction plan, which will convert it “to the Middle East review”.

Hamas rejected those proposals that were condemned by the US and European allies.