Lena Koren Feldman, the director of Beilinson Hospital, said. The women were among seven female soldiers kidnapped from the Nahal Oz military base where they were lookouts observing activity inside Gaza. Israel accused Hamas of violating the cease-fire terms by not releasing Arbel Yehud, a female hostage, the BBC reported.
A Hamas official said she is alive and will be released next Saturday, but she is being held by the Islamic Jihad group and not Hamas, the Times of Israel reported.
Yehud, 29, and her boyfriend were at their home when Hamas captured them during the Oct. Israel released Palestinian prisoners, 70 of whom immediately were sent to Egypt for deportation to neighboring nations due to the nature of their criminal offenses. Other prisoners will be transferred to Gaza or allowed to return to their homes in the East Jerusalem the West Bank. Of the prisoners Israel released, were serving life sentences and 79 long-term sentences for the crimes of which they were tried and convicted.
Another 70 were released at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza and are to be deported from the Palestinian territories as required by the cease-fire agreement. A large crowd in Tel Aviv, Israel, cheerfully watched live footage of Hamas releasing the four hostages. Similarly large crowds in Gaza celebrated the release of the prisoners from Israeli prisons. The United States Air Force announced that the commander of the Air Force's th Air Operations Center in Hawaii, who advocated for more women in such roles, was removed from her position, the service announced this week.
An Israeli hostage held for more than a year by Hamas in Gaza was released Thursday morning, marking the first of eight hostages held by the Iran-proxy militia expected to be released throughout t. Another exchange of hostages held by Hamas and other militants in Gaza and Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails is scheduled on Thursday. A vessel drifting in the Caribbean Sea contained 19 badly decomposed bodies, at least some from Mali, authorities in the Federation of St.
