Three more Israeli hostages were released by Hamas terrorists in exchange for 369 Palestinian prisoners, in the midst of concern that it would collapse -the fire before the sixth of such exchange could take place.
US President Donald Trump had warned earlier this week that 'Hell' would come loose if Hamas would not release 'all' remaining hostages on Saturday.
Israel and Hamas each accused the other of the breaking of the cease -the 19 January, where the Palestinian group said that releases would pause in response -and Israel who threatens the resumption of the war in the Gaza Strip.
But on Friday, both parties indicated that the hostage release would continue planned for Saturday.
Israeli-American Sagui Dekel-Chen, Israeli-Russian Sasha Tranpanov and the Israeli-Argentinian Yair Horn were mentioned as the hostages released today, said the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
On Saturday morning, dozens of Hamas hunters in the most important southern city of Khan Yunis stood around a stage with the logo of the armed wing of the group, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades.
Sources from Hamas and the Islamic Jihad said that the groups had used around 200 militants for the transfer ceremony.
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has mentioned the hostages for release such as Israeli-American Sagui Dekel-Chen, Israeli-Russian Sasha Tranpanov and the Israeli Argentinian Yair Horn.
The Russian-Israeli Sasha-Troupanov is one of the three hostages released today by Hamas terrorists
US-Israëli Sagui Dekel-Chen gives a speech because he is released as part of a cease-up
People gathered on the square cheers of Tel Aviv while watching the release of Israeli hostages on a large screen on Saturday morning
They were held by Gaza terrorists since Hamas's attack on October 7, 2023 on Israel who fueled the war.
The Palestinian Prisoners' Club Advocacy Group said that Israel would release 369 prisoners in exchange, 24 of which would be deported.
The vast majority, 333 people, are “prisoners from the Gaza Strip who were arrested after 7 October,” the group said.
After the crisis that seemed to bring the ceasefire to a breaking point, Hamas said on Friday that the conversations were expected in a second phase of cease -the fire would start early next week.
State Secretary Marco Rubio of the United States, whose country is the best backer of Israel and one of the truce, will arrive in Israel on Saturday for expected conversations with Netanyahu on the Gaza weapon stand.
Last week's release led to anger in Israel and then after the liberated hostages were paraded on stage, with their emitted condition concerned concern about the circumstances in captivity.
Israeli-American hostage agent Keith Siegel, who was released in an earlier exchange, said he was 'starving and … tortured, both physically and emotionally' during his imprisonment.
There were also fears for Palestinians in Israeli detention after some prisoners needed medical treatment after their release in the last swap.
Sagui Dekel-Chen, who has US citizenship, is one of the three hostages released by Hamas terrorists
Israeli-Argentine Yair Horn has also been released in exchange for 369 Palestinian prisoners
Friends and supporters respond to the release of Sagui Dekel-Chen, which was taken over from Kibbutz Nir Oz and held in Gaza since the fatal attack on October 7, 2023
The release comes in the midst of worries earlier this week that it would collapse -the fires would collapse before the sixth of such exchange could take place
Israeli-American Sagui Dekel-Chen, Israeli-Russian Sasha Tranpanov and Israeli-Argentine Yair Horn were mentioned as the hostages released today, confirmed the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
It has been striking -Fires has been enormous pressure since US President Donald Trump proposed a takeover of the Gaza Strip, including the population of the territory of more than two million people to Egypt or Jordan.
For Palestinians, every forced relocation evokes memories of the 'nakba' or catastrophe – the massive displacement of their ancestors during the creation of Israel in 1948.
The stage that was founded for the hostage on Saturday wore an illustrated poster that seemed to be at the last moments of Hamas's former leader Yahya Sinwar, who was killed by Israeli troops in October.
The poster showed the Al-AQSA mosque visible through a hole in the wall of a destroyed building together with the slogan: “No relocation except Jerusalem.”
Arab countries have also come together to reject the plan, and Saudi -Arabia will organize the leaders of Egypt, Jordan, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates on Thursday for a top about the issue.
After the Riyadh top, the Arab League will meet in Cairo on 27 February to discuss the same issue.
After Trump's warning this week that 'Hell' would come loose if Hamas would not let go of 'all' restoring hostages on Saturday, Israel insisted that Hamas 'Three Living Hydenages' or 'The Ceasefire will end'.
If fighting resumes, Minister of Defense Israel Katz said that it would not only lead to the 'defeat of Hamas and the release of all hostages' – Israels declared objectives since the start of the war – but also stands the realization of the vision of the US President Trump for Gaza '.
Benjamin Netanyahu (right) said that Israel would resume 'intense fighting' in Gaza if Hamas would not return hostages by Saturday afternoon. Trump said he believed that Israel would have hell out of hell '
Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, prepared a stage to transfer Israeli hostages Alexandre Sasha Troufanov, Sagui Dekel-Chen and Yair Horn
Sources from Hamas and the Islamic Jihad said that the groups had used around 200 militants for the transfer ceremony
Israel and Hamas have each accused the other of the breaking of the cease -the 19 January, where the Palestinian group said that releases would pause in response -and Israel who threatens the resumption of the war in the Gaza Strip
According to the conditions of the 42-day first phase of the Stakes-Fire Agreement Mediated by Qatar, Egypt and the United States, the negotiations for a second phase would start on 3 February.
Netanyahu had sent negotiators days later to Doha, but the delegation was not obliged to discuss phase two, which is intended to determine steps to end the war.
Hamas Official Taher al-Nunu said on Friday that “we expect the second phase of the cease-fire negotiations to start early next week.”
Another source that was familiar with the conversations, AFP said that “Mediators Hamas inquired that they hope to start the second phase of the negotiations in Doha next week”.
The attack of 7 October 2023 on Israel resulted in the death of 1,211 people, mainly citizens, according to an AFP counting of Israeli official figures.
Terrorists also took 251 hostages, 73 of whom stay in Gaza, including 35 the Israeli army says it is dead.
Israel's retaliation campaign killed at least 48,239 people in Gaza, the majority of them citizens, according to figures from the Health Minister in the territory run by Hamas that the United Nations are reliable.
