Hamas began a 3rd circular of freeing hostages successful Gaza Thursday arsenic portion of an ongoing ceasefire statement with Israel.
Hamas handed pistillate Israeli worker Agam Berger, 20, to the Red Cross astatine a ceremonial successful the heavy destroyed municipality exile campy of Jabaliya successful bluish Gaza. She was aboriginal transferred to the Israel Defense Forces.
Another ceremonial was planned successful the confederate metropolis of Khan Younis, successful beforehand of the destroyed location of slain Hamas person Yahya Sinwar. Both were attended by hundreds of people, including masked militants and onlookers.
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Hamas has agreed to handover 3 Israelis and 5 Thai captives connected Thursday. In exchange, Israel was expected to merchandise 110 Palestinian prisoners.
The truce is aimed astatine winding down the deadliest and astir destructive warfare ever fought betwixt Israel and Hamas, whose Oct. 7, 2023, onslaught into Israel sparked the fighting. It has held contempt a quality earlier this week implicit the series successful which the hostages were released.
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