Israel prepares to receive three new hostages. Ohad ben ami, or levy y eli sharabi They will be released this Saturday after 491 days in captivity In the Gaza Strip. These three civilian men will be delivered by Hamás to the staff of International Red Cross Committee that, as he has done during the last three weeks, he will transfer them to Israeli territory for reunite with their families. In turn, as agreed in the exchange pact, around 180 Palestinian prisoners They will leave Israeli prisons to also star in other desired reunions.
Calvary ends for Ohad, Or, Eli and their respective families. Kidnapped the October 7, 2023are part of the 33 Israeli hostages that are being released during this first phase of the high -fire agreement, initiated on January 19 and with a duration of 42 days. “We have the sacred duty and the moral right to bring all our brothers and sisters home,” said the Hostage Families Forum and missing in a statement. “We will not give up or stop at any time until All hostages return home According to the current agreement, until the last one: the living for rehabilitation and the dead for an appropriate burial, ”they added.
Tragic October 7
The three hostages starred in tragic experiences shared by many during the Hamas attack of October 7. Ohad Ben Ami, 56 and father of three girls, was kidnapped at his home kibbutz Be’eritogether with his wife reason. She was released after 54 days of captivity as part of the high -fire agreement of November 2023. At 34, Or Levy, on the other hand, will not see his wife Einav again. Both attended the New Music Festivalleaving his two -year -old Almog with his grandparents. They tried to take refuge in a safe concrete room, later known as “The death bunker”, where Einav was killed and or was kidnapped.
Eli Sharabi, 52, also lived in the Kibbutz Be’eri with his wife and two daughters. The three were killed That tragic October 7. Eli was kidnapped with his Brother Yossiwho lived in the house next door. But, 102 days after his kidnapping, Israeli officials confirmed that Yossi had been killed and that Hamas had his body. At least eight of the 33 hostages that will be released during this first phase of the truce are muertosand their families can only recover their bodies to bury them.
183 free Palestinians
The announcement of those who are going to be released the next day has been begged. The terms of the high fire force Hamas to inform the Israeli authorities through the mediators before the four in the afternoon (The three Spanish peninsular time), but the group has tocusado to Tel Aviv to violate these same conditions al retain sending humanitarian aid to Gaza. Although negotiating teams will be in Doha This Saturday, the controversial proposal of the US President Donald Trump To relocate the Palestinians of Gaza out of the strip, uncertainty has increased even more on whether the agreement of different phases will be maintained. “The Gaza Strip would be delivered by Israel to the United States to conclude the fighting”Trump wrote Wednesday on his social truth platform, suggesting that hostilities could be restarted at the end of the first phase of the truce.
After the departure of Ben Ami, Levy and Sharabi de Gaza, the Israeli penitential authorities will initiate this Saturday the release of 183 Palestinian prisoners, as reported by the Press Office of the prisoners of Hamas. Among them, there are 18 inmates who have been fulfilling Perpetual chains54 that comply condemnations long and 111 that were arrested during the war. In total, Israel has said that it will release up to 1,904 Palestinian prisoners, including 737 who fulfill life imprisonment for dozens of murders, in exchange for the 33 Israeli hostages during the first phase of the high the fire agreement with Hamas.
Accusations of Hamas
It is not clear if the delay when publishing the names of the three Israeli will affect the calendar of the fifth programmed exchange. Hamas accused Israel from delay entry of hundreds of trucks that transported food and other humanitarian supplies agreed, and to retain almost the entire load of campaign and mobile houses necessary to provide refuge to the people returning to their bombed homes. “This demonstrates one clear manipulation of help and refuge priorities, ”said the Palestinian group in a statement. For its part, the COGAT, the agency of the Ministry of Defense that supervises the sending of help to Gaza, has denied the accusation.
The vast majority of Gazati families have returned to their homes without anything left. Some even guard the debris among their debris bodies of their relatives. Therefore, this week the Gazati authorities have raised the number of fatalities to 61.700 personasincluding more than 14,000 missing gazaties under the ruins. The Civil Defense teams, decimated after 15 months of Brutal Israeli offensive, are trying to recover the remains of these Palestinians to bury them, but much of their machinery was destroyed by the bombings, so they trust that the delivery of humanitarian aid Include the necessary material to achieve your job and try to close the wounds of thousands of families.
