Israel released this Tuesday 15 women and 15 children imprisoned in Israeli prisons after their release by the Islamist group Hamas of twelve captive hostages in Loopon the fifth day of the agreement to exchange hostages for prisoners in parallel to a temporary ceasefire.
He Israel Prison Service confirmed the release of 30 Palestinian prisoners, who were detained in different prisons in the country and who were released in the prison of Offer and the detention center Jerusalem.
“The Prison Service concludes the fifth round of prisoners as part of the operation to return the kidnapped to their homes“announced a spokesperson for the organization in a statement.
The text included a detailed list of those released, among whom there are 17 residents of East Jerusalem – 5 women and 12 minors – and 13 from different towns in West Bank busy as Belen, Hebron, Nablus and Ramallah.
This announcement comes shortly after the Israeli Army announced that it had received 12 hostages – 10 Israeli women and two Thai citizens – released by the Islamist group. Hamas.
The hostages were handed over to the Gaza Strip to the Red Crosswhich first took them to Egypt and then handed them over to Israeli troops.
After an initial medical check-up, the freed hostages were transferred to Israeli hospitals to undergo further tests and be reunited with their families.
Today’s releases mark the fifth consecutive day of exchange of hostages for prisoners, within the framework of a temporary ceasefire agreement that came into force last Friday and which, after agreeing yesterday on a two-day extension, will be extended until tomorrow. .
Since Friday, Hamas has released 60 Israeli hostages as part of the deal, in addition to 21 other foreigners, one of them a dual Russian-Israeli citizen.
IsraelFor its part, it has released 180 Palestinian prisoners, all women and children, and is expected to release 30 more tomorrow.
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The pact was mediated by Egypt, Qatar and USAwhich this Tuesday continued efforts to extend the truce for a few more days.
Israel declared war on Hamas on October 7 after an attack by the Islamist group, which included the launching of more than 4,000 rockets and the infiltration of some 3,000 militiamen, who killed some 1,200 people and kidnapped more than 240 in Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip.
Israel’s air, naval and ground forces have since attacked the Palestinian enclave, where more than 15,000 people have already died, according to Palestinian authorities, most of them children and women, and it is estimated that more than 7,000 people are missing under the rubble.
