Hamas released three hostages in the south of the Gaza Strip on Saturday and Israel released 183 Palestinian prisoners to the fourth cycle of exchanges during the Gaza Display of Gaza Between Israel and Hamas.
The truce of the six -week phase calls for the release of 33 hostages and almost 2,000 prisonersas well as the back Palestinians at Northern Gaza and an increase in humanitarian aid At Devastated territory.
Israel and Hamas are ready next week to start negotiating a second phase From the ceasefire, which calls for releaseing the remaining hostages and extending the truce indefinitely.
The war could resume in early March if an agreement is not concluded.
Palestinian Gaza health authorities have also announced that the closed Rafah crossing crossroads With Egypt, would reopen on Saturday for thousands of Palestinians who desperately need medical care-a breakthrough which signals the ceasefire agreement continues to gain ground.
The family of Marden Bibas says: “There are no words to describe the relief of Yarden’s outfit in our hands, to kiss him and to hear his voice”, after his release from the captivity of Hamas on Saturday .
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Bibas, 35, was taken hostage from Kibbutz Nir Oz on OC. 7, 2023.
His wife, Shiri, and their two young boys, Ariel and Kfir, were also taken that day and are still captive in Gaza. We do not know if they are still alive.
“Yarden returned home, but the house remains incomplete,” wrote the family. “Marden is a father who left his security room to protect his family, courageously survived captivity and returned to an unbearable reality.”
The family said it “continued with hope” and pleaded for the public to continue pressure for the release of all the remaining hostages.
The Palestinians who have been sentenced to years in prison for deadly attacks against the Israelis and who have been released in the occupied West Bank described difficult conditions, blows and other abuses in prison.
Many appeared fragile as they enjoyed their return on Saturday.
The Israeli penitentiary service did not immediately respond to a request for comments.
In related news, powerful Arab nations have rejected the suggestion of the American president Donald Trump to move the Palestinians from Gaza to neighboring Egypt and Jordan.
Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, the Palestinian Authority and the Arab League published a joint statement following a meeting of foreign ministers.
They said they rejected plans to get the Palestinians out of their territories in Gaza and occupied West Bank.
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