Three Israelites and five Hamas hostage from Hamas will be released on Wednesday. The announcement was made by the Israeli Prime Minister’s office, as part of the ceasefire agreement. The identity of the Thai hostages has not yet been revealed.
It is already known who the three Israeli hostages are that will be released on Thursday. They are 29 -year -old Arbel Yehoud, 80 -year -old Gadi Mozes – both civilians – and Agam Berger, 19, who was a soldier and monitored the activities of Israel’s defense forces.
To them, a group of five Thai are added, but data has not yet been revealed as the first contact with families is still being made. According to Hamas, 110 Palestinian prisoners will be released on the same day. Of these, 32 were sentenced to life imprisonment and 30 are children.
Who are the hostages?
Blackboard Yehoud
It should have been part of the first two groups, but only now will it be released. Arbel Yehoud He is 29 years old and was kidnapped along with his companion, Ariel Cunio, in the October 7, 2023 attack. At the time, the young woman was at home in a village near the Gaza border.
Years of mose
The celebration of its 80th birthday has already been made in captivity. It is an agronomist and has Experience in wastewater management and arvenses cultures. During his life, he was an activist and defended the peace and rights of the Palestinian people. It was not the only one to be kidnapped from the family. Also, the daughter and the two grandchildren went through the same situation, but were released following the first agreement. The woman, Efraf Katz, was eventually killed.
Agam Berger
He was one of five responsible for monitoring the activities of Israel’s defense forces kidnapped by Hamas. It was taken during the attack of October 7, 2023. In the only image in which it is possible to recognize the 20-year-old.
On Saturday, three more hostages will be released
Netanyahu’s office also announced that three men will be released on Saturday. In a statement quoted by Lusa agency it is possible to read that “nos Terms of the agreement, the next phase, during which three other hostages (living men) will be released, will take place on Saturday. “
So far, Hamas has released Seven hostages, while the Israeli authorities released about 300 Palestinian prisoners.
The first phase of the truce in the Gaza Strip, which is expected to last six weeks and began last Sunday, will allow the release of 33 hostages detained in Gaza in exchange for a much larger number of Palestinian prisoners detained by Israel.