Three Israeli hostages and dozens of Palestinian prisoners released them

Three of the Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza were released from families on Saturday, compared to 183 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.

Yarden Bibas, 34, Offer Kalderon, 53, and 65 -year -old Keith Siegel, was handed over to the Red Cross – the latest hostage that was issued as part of the ceasefire deal last month.

Palestinian prisoners were transferred in buses to the West Bank, and many of them are coming from the nearby Ober prison.

The Stock Exchange tone sat in a blatant contradiction with the chaotic surrender on Thursday, during which the increasing crowds were pressured on the hostages, which sparked their concern for their safety and pushed Israel to delay the release of that day from Palestinian prisoners.

The launch of the Saturday was the most organized, but he retained the introductory elements that sought to offer that Hamas was still the ruling force in Gaza.

The lines of armed fighters kept the crowd in the Gulf, while the men who were released were surrounded by more armed and convincing fighters. A sign behind them carrying the pictures of Hamas leaders killed.

Red Cross officials signed certificates of issuance for Mr. Kalderon and Mr. Bibas, who were then forced to keep them while they were given the crowd in Khan Yunis.

While Mr. Segel, a dual -Israeli citizen, appeared on stage in Gaza City, a crowd of people erupted in the hostage field in Tel Aviv to chants, and some chanting: “He is a hero, he is a hero.” One woman described the feeling of “pure happiness”.

“There is no one more happy than me,” said Adrian's wife, Adrian, as she was photographed as she was entering a car to go and meet her husband.

“They are drowned in joy, comfort and passion after 484 days of unbearable waiting.”

They added that he “carried months in a nightmare,” adhering to “the hope of embracing his children again.”

But others, like Liz Domsi, had mixed feelings.

“They all need to go home,” she said while watching the procedures from the hostage field.

“I have a student there, Bar Copestein.

There was a similar complexity of the emotion in Israel about the launch of Mr. Pebas, who kidnapped his wife, Sherry, and two young men, Ariel and Kafir, during the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas.

Hamas claimed that they were killed by an early Israeli air strike in the war that followed – but they were It was called in the hostage list he said in January was ready to liberate.

“They are children. They should be at home. It is impossible to be in Gaza.”

“I don't want to give up,” she added.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog described Mr. Pipas's return as “simply tragic”, saying that his country has been “very concerned” about their fate. “As an entire nation, we keep them in our hearts.”

Herzog added that every hostage was “deserved time to rehabilitate and rebuild their lives, and that each of the hostages is worth returning home soon.”

In Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, buses of Palestinian prisoners freed with large crowds and joy were met.

“Today we were born again … we have left the narrow graves to the surface of the world,” said Nasrallah Muammar, who was released 17 years after prison, in his first statement, according to the Palestinian media.

“Our people deserve freedom.”.

The release of the hostages on Saturday was more organized than the release on Thursday, when two of the Israelis and five Thai citizens are They were led by the chanting crowds, who sometimes had to get out of the road.

He was described as “horrific scenes” by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, asking Israel – and receiving assurances – that it will not be repeated.

The International Committee of the Red Cross President, Mirgana Spulgrock, urged security on deliveries and “spoke in a safe and generous manner.”

According to the Hamas Ministry of Health, nearly 4,700 people have been killed in the region since Israel invaded in the wake of the October 7, 2023 attack, where about 1,200 Israelis were killed and 251 were taken into account.

The shooting agreement and the hostages between Israel and Hamas began on January 19, with the first phase of the vision of 33 hostages and 1900 prisoners being released, in addition to hundreds of trucks carrying humanitarian aid allowed to enter Gaza every day.

The Refugee crossing between Gaza and Egypt – a major humanitarian corridor – was also reopened on Saturday, eight months after its closure.

The Ministry of Health in Gaza said that 50 patients left the crossing to reach medical care in Egypt.

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced were also allowed to return to their homes in northern Gaza this week.

But Ashraf Al -Qawha, among them, said that some, including his father, returned to the south after seeing the extent of the destruction caused by the Israeli air strikes.

“It's really chaos,” he said. “The situation is catastrophic.”

He said that most of the floors in the building of his apartment in the north of Gaza City were destroyed. “I didn't expect the situation to be like this – it's too much.”