Militiamen from the Al Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, handed over this Saturday to the Red Cross the four Israeli female soldiers released by Hamas as part of the truce with Israel, in a ceremony organized in the city’s Palestine Square. of Gaza before hundreds of people and broadcast live on the Qatari network Al Jazeera. This is the second exchange of hostages after the ceasefire agreement, which came into force last Sunday.
They are Liri Albag, Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa and Naama Levy, between 19 and 20 years old, captured on October 7, 2023 at the Nahal Oz military base, one kilometer from Gaza, where they were completing their mandatory military service.
200 Palestinians imprisoned, released
For its part, the Palestinian Prisoners Commission (PPSMO) has released the list of 200 imprisoned Palestinians who will be released by Israel this Saturday as part of the second exchange for Hamas hostages in Gaza, of which 120 were sentenced to life imprisonment.
The PPSMO recorded that, of those sentenced to life imprisonment who will be released, 81 belonged to Hamas, 23 to the Islamic Jihad, 13 to the secular Fatah movement, two to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and one to the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Liberation of Palestine.
The list includes the oldest Palestinian in an Israeli prison, Mohamed Ahmed Abdel Hamid Al Tus, from Bethlehem, who has been in prison since 1985 and is 69 years old.
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