The Ezzeldín al Qassam brigades, the armed arm of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), has released this Friday the identity of the three hostages that will release on Saturday within the framework of the fifth exchange process for Palestinian prisoners under the high -fire agreement between Hamas and Israel.
As required by Hamas’s military spokesman, Abu Obeid Three men of 34, 52 and 56, respectively, Kidnapped by the Islamist group during the attacks of October 7, 2023, trigger for the Israeli offensive against Gaza and the subsequent regional war.
In the case of Levi, he was kidnapped during Hamas’s attack against the Supernova festival, held at a few kilometers from Gaza. Sharabi and Ben Ami, on the other hand, were taken as hostages at the Kibbutz Beeri, less than five kilometers from Gaza and as many of Reim, where the Music Festival was held.
For its part, Israel will release more than 180 Palestinian prisoners, According to the authorities imposed by Hamas. Specifically, it is 18 sentenced to life imprisonment, 54 prisoners with “high sentences”, and another 111 Palestinians arrested in the Gaza Strip after the outbreak of the war.
The parties reached a high fire agreement in mid -January and also includes the Exchange of 33 hostages for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. So far the Islamist militia has released 13 hostages-so as five other Thai civilians kidnapped in Gaza-in four rounds of exchange.
