The kidnapped people will leave through the Rafah border crossing along with 12 other Thai prisoners as part of the agreement. In turn, Israel will release 39 Palestinian prisoners in the coming hours.
Israel confirmed this Friday that the Islamist group Hamas has handed over power 13 Israeli hostages to the Red Cross, and that they be transferred to Egypt.
The abductees will leave via the Rafah border crossingalong with twelve other Thai prisonersas part of the agreement for the release of 50 Israeli hostages in exchange for the release of 150 Palestinian prisoners and a four-day ceasefire in Gaza.
The released Thais are not part of the agreement brokered by Qatar, Egypt and the United States, but would result of parallel negotiations between Thailand and the Islamic group.
The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahuis with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant at the Kirya base in Tel Aviv, the headquarters of the Israeli army, to monitor the upcoming release of the 13 Israeli hostages.
Today the first Israeli hostages are being exchanged 39 Palestinian prisonerswho are currently in Israel’s Ofer prison to be released when Israel confirms the identity of the released Israelis.
In both cases the exchange is limited to women and children. In the case of the Palestinian prisoners, they will be released today 24 females and 15 male adolescents.
The head of government information in Egypt, one of the countries that brokered this agreement, stated that the Egyptian authorities are “now preparing” at the Rafah border crossing to receive those released by Hamas “in preparation for their transfer to the other side.” Israeli”.
In total they will be released 50 Israeli hostages in exchange for the release of 150 Palestinians during the four-day ceasefire, which Israel says could be extended to 10 days if Hamas is willing to hand over more prisoners.
For its part, the Israeli army has reported that everything is ready to return the kidnapped people, who will return to Israel in four military helicopters already ready to wait for them.
Source: EITB
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