Hamas has agreed to release four Israeli hostages in exchange for 200 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. The hostages, all women, were captured during the Hamas attack on Israel in October 2023. The prisoner swap is part of a larger truce agreement that also includes a gradual Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
Karina Ariev, Danielle Gilboa, Naama Levy and Liri Albag will transferred into Israeli custody, in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, Abu Obeida, the spokesperson for Hamas ' military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, said in a Telegram post.
In a sign of the fluidity and fragility of the negotiations, Hamas said on Monday that it would next release hostages held in Gaza on Saturday, after one of its officials had initially suggested they would be released a day later than expected.The release last Sunday of the first three Israeli hostages and 90 Palestinian prisoners, all women and children, faced a last-minute delay, with the Israeli government saying they had not been provided with the names of the hostages due to be released..
“They knew something, the girls who were the eyes of the country,” Sasha said, adding that her sister called her on the morning of the Hamas attack. Sasha said her sibling told her that she could hear shooting and screaming in the background and received a message from her sister telling her “the terrorists are here.”
Orly said she heard from Daniella on the morning of the attack but did not understand that the explosions her daughter described were inside her base. She only fully appreciated the danger her daughter was in after she received a message reading “pray for me.” On Feb. 4, the day of her daughter’s 19th birthday, Shira wrote a public letter to Liri on her that was published by Israeli news site Ynet.
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