British-Israeli hostage Emily Damari, who was kidnapped by Hamas during the October 7 attack, could be freed this weekend as Israel and Hamas finalize a ceasefire agreement and hostage release details.
British hostage Emily Damari could be freed this weekend as Israel and Hamas finalize ceasefire and hostage release details. The 28-year-old Tottenham Hotspur fan with British- Israel i citizenship was shot in the hand and leg when she was snatched from her home in southern Israel during the October 7 attack by Hamas . She is among five females and two children who are at the top of the list to be released by Hamas .
Sources close to the negotiators claim that three of them will be returned to Israel on Sunday, with the remaining four freed seven days later – which suggests Ms Damari will be back with her mother Mandy, who was born in Surrey, within a fortnight. They will be followed by five teenagers – Naama Levy, Karina Ariev, Liri Albag, Daniela Gilboa and Agam Berger – who were moved to the top of the hostage list after pressure from the Mail. Damari's mother, Mandy Damari, has been tirelessly campaigning for her daughter's release after she was kidnapped alongside twin brothers Ziv and Gali Berman, 27. In November, a spokeswoman for Israel's UK embassy urged the international community to do more to influence Hamas into releasing Emily and the other hostages. Orly Goldschmidt told Sky News: 'Emily Damari, 28-year-old British-Israeli citizen, is still in the dungeon of Hamas, and we are asking for the international support, for the British support, to put pressure on Hamas to release her and the other 100 hostages.' The Tottenham Hotspur fan, Emily Damari, 28, is among five females and two children who are at the top of the list to be released by Hamas. Damari was kidnapped alongside twin brothers Ziv and Gali Berman, 27, on October 7. The historic Middle East peace deal was reached last night after Israel and Hamas agreed a ceasefire to end 15 months of bloodshed. The deal follows weeks of painstaking negotiations in the Qatari capital, and promises the release of dozens of hostages held by Hamas in phases, the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israel and would allow hundreds of thousands of people displaced in Gaza to return to what remains of their homes. Phase one of the agreement will go on for 42 days and will include a ceasefire and the withdrawal of Israeli forces to the east away from populated areas Qatar's prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said. It also would flood badly needed humanitarian aid into a devastated territory. The second and third phases are less developed, and the details will be decided during the first phase, Thani added. 'We will continue to do everything we can, everything possible together with our partners, to ensure that this deal is implemented as it's agreed,' he said, noting that mediators had spent 411 days working on the agreement terms. 'And this deal will bring us peace, hopefully, at the end of it. I believe that it all depends on the parties of the agreement acting in good faith in that agreement in order to ensure that no collapse happening to that deal.' Donald Trump confirmed mediators had struck 'a deal for the hostages' after his 'pressure tactics' were lauded for securing an agreement that had eluded Joe Biden. 'We have a deal for the hostages in the Middle East. They will be released shortly. Thank you!' the US president-elect wrote on his Truth Social platform. But despite a hostage release deal being reached, the sister of two British citizens murdered in the Israel-Hamas conflict has said 'there will never be any closure' until all Israeli hostages are returned. Ayelet Svatitzky, 47, said the reports emerging on Wednesday were a 'relief' after her brothers Roi and Nadav Popplewell both died and her mother Channah Peri was previously taken as a hostage. Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire deal and hostage release, mediators announced on Wednesday. Speaking from Israel, she said: 'We've been praying for a deal to be signed, and every hostage released is a relief for them, for the families and for us. 'Of course, it's too late for my brother, we will never be able to save them.
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