Hamas has released 40 Israeli hostages after holding them in Gaza for 7 weeks following the October 7 attacks on Israel. Among them are 39 women and children and one man, as part of the exchange deal between Israel and Hamas.
At the same time, 17 Thai hostages and one Filipino were also released, but under a separate agreement between Hamas and the Egyptian government, according to a report today (Monday) by the British network BBC.
Under the terms of the temporary truce between Israel and Hamas, the release of a total of 50 hostages was agreed during a four-day cessation of fighting, which began on November 24. 40 Israeli hostages were released on Monday afternoon and are expected to Another batch will be released this afternoon, local time.
In exchange, under the agreement, 150 Palestinian women and teenagers will be released from Israeli prisons. So far, 117 have been released and it has been agreed that Israel will allow hundreds of trucks loaded with humanitarian aid, medical supplies and fuel to enter the Gaza Strip. Some of this aid actually entered the Strip in the first three days of the truce.
The Israelis released in the Israel-Hamas exchange
Released Emily Mano (9 years) eHi Rotem Shoshani (13 years old), while Hella’s mother, Raya Rotem (54 years old), remained detained in Gaza, according to the French channel “France 24”.
Emily was initially presumed dead after disappearing from Kibbutz Be’eri in southern Israel (kibbutz means “residential community” in Hebrew), but Emily was later counted among the hostages.
The Irish-Israeli girl, Emily, turned nine while held captive in Gaza on November 17, according to her father, Thomas Hand. Her mother died of cancer years ago, when Emily was just two years old.
the doctor Shushan Haran (age 67), was taken from her home in Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7. She is the founder of a nonprofit to help feed the poor and holds a doctorate in agricultural engineering. She was released from detention on November 25 together with her daughter Adina (Adi) Shoham (38 years old) and his two daughters Navigate it (8 years) eHey, hey (3 years). Dr Haran’s husband Avshalom, an economist with dual German and Israeli citizenship, was killed in a Hamas attack, while Adi’s husband Tal (38) remains detained, according to the BBC.
He was also released Sharon Avigdori (age 52), playwright, and her daughter Noam (12 years old), relatives of Dr. Haran, abducted at the same time from Kibbutz Be’eri. The family said two family members, Eviatar Kipnis (65), and his wife, Lilash Kipnis (60), were killed in the attack.
And I got fired Maya Regev (21 years old) and from the city of Herzliya in central Israel. Regev was kidnapped from Kibbutz Ra’im along with her younger brother Itai (18), and the two had just returned from a trip to Mexico the night before the Hamas attack, according to a report by Al-Hurra TV.
Maya Regev was attending the Supernova music festival in southern Israel when she and her brother Itay were attacked by Hamas. That morning, Maya’s father received a phone call from her daughter, screaming, “Dad, they’re shooting me, I’m dead.” The family said they later spotted Itay, still believed to be a hostage, handcuffed in the back of the car in a video released by Hamas.
Launched Avigail Idan (4 years old) Israeli-American, who was three years old when she was taken hostage from her home, where her parents were attacked and killed by Hamas gunmen, according to the BBC. Abigail survived and went to the home of her neighbors, the Broadoch family, but was later kidnapped along with them. Abigail was four years old when she was in detention.
And he was released Hagger Prodoch (40 years old), with his children Uriah (4 years) eYuval (8 years) eOvery (10 years). According to Avichai Brodoch, Hager’s husband, they were in Kibbutz Kfar Azza when Hamas launched its attack. “The moment I learned that they were in the hands of the Red Cross, I felt relieved,” her father-in-law, Shmuel Broduch, told Israeli news channel 13.
Released Daniele Aloni (44 years old) and his daughter Emily (age 6) from Kibbutz Nir Oz. They were detained with Danielle’s sister, Sharon Aloni (34), her husband, David Kunio (33), and their three-year-old twin daughters, Emma and Yoli.
And I got fired Doron Kats Asher (34 years old) and his two daughters Raz (4 years) eAviv (Two years), while they were with their relatives near the Gaza border. Doron’s husband, Yoni, had seen a video of his wife and daughters being loaded into a truck with other hostages.
Ohad Monder Zikri (9 years old) and his mother Keren Munder (54 years old) and his grandmother Ruthie Maunder (78 years old), were released and were kidnapped by “Kibbutz Nir Oz”. Ohad turned nine while in Gaza. Another family member, Abraham Monder, remains detained.
He is also among those released Noam O (17 years old) and his sister Alma (13 years). In the October 7 attacks, a neighbor saw them dragged from their home in Be’eri, together with their father Dror Or (48), according to their nephew Emmanuel Pisoray. The body of Yonat (50), Dror’s wife and mother of the children, was identified among the 120 people killed on the kibbutz. Ahal Pisoray, Naoum and Alma’s uncle, told the BBC that the two brothers did not know of their mother’s death before they were released. “We had to give them the sad news,” he said.
And he was released Mention Almog Goldstein (48 years old) and his children following (8 years) ecostly (11 years) eAgamo (17 years old), detained by Hamas in Kibbutz Kfar Azza during the attack on 7 October. According to the BBC, Chen’s husband, Nadav, and their 20-year-old daughter, Yam, were killed by Hamas.
And he was released Hannah Katsir (77 years old), from Nir Oz, kidnapped together with her son Elad Katzir (47 years old). On November 9, Hannah appeared in a video released by Hamas while she was sitting in a wheelchair.
And it was launched Chana berry (79 years old), held with her son, Nadav Popplewell (51 years old). Chana immigrated to Israel in the 1960s from South Africa and has three children. The sisters were also released Dafna (15 years) eElla Eliakim (8 years old) from their home in “Kibbutz Nir Oz” on the day of the Hamas attack, and were part of a family group that the attackers broadcast live to their families. The girls’ mother, Maayan Zein, said in a statement that she was happy for the return of her daughters, adding that since their abduction she had lived “between desperation and hope, between pain and optimism.”
Released Adina Moshe (age 72), by Nir Oz on October 7. Her husband, David Moshe, was killed in the attack, according to a group speaking on behalf of several hostages and their families. Her family later recognized her in a video showing her held between two Hamas fighters on a motorcycle.
And I got fired Sherry Weiss (53 years old) and his daughter Nougat (18 years old), and are from “Kibbutz Be’eri” in southern Israel, after being detained with Sherry’s husband, Ilan Weiss (58 years old), who is Noga’s father. Shiri is an accountant at the kibbutz’s agricultural association. A video message from the family states that Sheri was arrested while Noga hid under her bed until the fire set by Hamas forced her out, and she was also kidnapped on October 7.
Hamas was also released Jaffa Adar (85 years old), kidnapped by Nir Oz on 7 October. The group speaking on behalf of the detained families said Adar has three children, eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The Israeli Times of Israel newspaper reported that Jaffa’s nephew Tamir (38), who defended the kibbutz as part of the Nir Oz emergency brigade, was also transferred to Gaza.
And he was released Ronnie Crevois (25 years old), an Israeli-Russian citizen living in Karmiel, northern Israel, and working as a sound engineer at the “Super Nova” music festival when he was kidnapped in Gaza. According to Sky News, Hamas said it released him in appreciation for Moscow’s support during the conflict.
Margalit Moses (78 years old), abducted from her home in Kibbutz Nir Oz, has been released. A cancer survivor, her family says she suffers from other health problems that require ongoing medical attention.
Launched Adrian Aviva Siegel (age 62) after being abducted from her home in “Kfar Azza” with her husband Keith (age 64). Her husband is believed to be among the hostages remaining in Gaza.
The Israeli military confirmed this on November 26 Elma Avraham (84 years old) was airlifted after her release to Soroka Hospital in Beersheba in serious condition. A spokesperson for Kibbutz Nahal Oz said that she had lived on this kibbutz for nearly 50 years before her abduction.