The 11 Israeli hostages released by Hamas on Monday evening as part of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement are “now” in Israel, the army said.
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“After an initial medical examination, our forces will accompany them until they are reunited with their families,” she said in a statement.
According to Hamas and Qatar, this is the fourth group of hostages to be released since Friday. This is part of an agreement that was set to expire Tuesday morning but has been extended by two days.
Doha, one of the brokers of the ceasefire agreement with the United States and Egypt, announced that the group, which includes only dual nationals, also included French, German and Argentinians.
AFP
A list was distributed by the Hostage Families Forum but was not officially confirmed by Israeli authorities. But the kibbutz they came from gave a list of similar names.
All were captured at Kibbutz Nir Oz during the Hamas attack, the most violent in Israeli history. More than 70 people were kidnapped and around thirty others were murdered in this community on October 7th.
“This information brings a sigh of relief to our community, but we remain deeply concerned for the people we love who are still being held,” Osnat Peri, a kibbutz official, said in a statement.