Eleven Israeli hostages kidnapped on October 7 during the attack Hamas They were released this Monday and are already heading to Israel. Among them are six Argentine citizens.
“Eleven hostages are currently on their way to Israeli territory”, indicated the army. This is the fourth group of hostages released since Friday, as part of a truce agreement that was to end on Tuesday but will be extended for two more days, according to Hamas and Qatar, which acts as a mediator.
Qatar reported that citizens of France, Germany and Argentina are among 11 Israeli hostages to be freed. The Argentines are the twins Yuli and Emma Cuniothe sisters Mike and Yuval Engelbert and his mother Karinathat suffers from cancer and was undergoing treatment before the kidnapping on October 7.
The spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Majed Al Ansariadded in a message on his X account (formerly Twitter) that “on the fourth day of the humanitarian truce agreement, 33 Palestinians will be released in exchange for the release of 11 detainees in Gaza.”
He also explained that “those released from Israeli prisons include 30 minors and 3 womenwhile Israelis liberated from Gaza include 3 French citizens, 2 German citizens and 6 Argentine citizens“.
Truce agreement for prisoner release between Hamas and Israel extended
With the recently announced operation, there are already 69 Israeli hostages and around 150 Palestinian prisoners released in the truce period that was originally going to last four days and has now been extended to six.
The extension of the ceasefire was confirmed by the Qatari Foreign Ministry in a message on X, and means that 10 more hostages will be released tomorrow by Hamas and 10 more on Wednesdayin exchange for the release of others 30 Palestinians prisoners in Israel.
The truce period also implies the entry of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
This is the first time that hostilities have ceased between Israel and Hamas since the beginning of the conflictwhen the Islamist group attacked Israeli civilians. That day, some 240 people, including twenty Argentines, were kidnapped by Hamas and taken to the Gaza Strip.
While the counteroffensive of Israel left more than 14,800 Palestinians dead, including about 6,000 children. It is also estimated that 1.7 million of the enclave’s 2.3 million inhabitants had to leave their homes.
Source: Ambito
