GAZA: More 30 Palestinians were released overnight Thursday, from Israeli jails in seventh exchange of Gaza ceasefire. The Palestinians detainees including 7 women and 23 minors were freed hours following eight Israeli captives were released by Hamas.
According to Arab media, bus carrying released Palestinians arrived in Ramallah. Locals were waving flags and also taking images as they warmly welcomed the Palestinians women and children home.
Earlier, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) confirmed that it facilitated the handover of more eight captives held in Gaza from Hamas to Israel. In a statement via social media, the Red Cross Confirmed that 8 More Captives have been handed over to Israel.
We’re glad to inform that 8 people who were being held hostage in Gaza have just been released, with facilitation from the ICRC.
Our teams have transferred them and handed them over to the Israeli authorities.
This is possible thanks to our neutral intermediary role.
— ICRC in Israel & OT (@ICRC_ilot) November 30, 2023
Similarly, in a statement, Qatari Foreign Ministry said that in the hostages released today are 2 minors and 6 women “of dual nationality”.
The Israeli hostages who were released include 2 minors & 6 women of dual nationality:
⁃A Mexican
⁃A Russian
⁃An Uruguayan
They We’re handed over to the ICRC.— د. ماجد محمد الأنصاري Dr. Majed Al Ansari (@majedalansari) November 30, 2023
AFP cited a source close to Hamas as saying that it considered two Russian-Israeli women released on Wednesday in addition to the required ten as part of the 7th group freed, so that “as a result, the number of captives in the seventh group is ten”. The deal needs Israel to free three Palestinian prisoners for every captive freed, and the Qatari foreign ministry spokesperson said 30 Palestinians would be freed from Israeli jails, in exchange for a total of 10 captives, a tally which included “two Russian nationals who were freed on Wednesday”.
Earlier, Majed al-Ansari confirms on his social media account that 30 Palestinian detainees would be freed today in exchange for ten captives held in the Gaza Strip.
In accordance with the terms of the 7th day of the humanitarian pause agreement, 30 Palestinians, will be released today in exchange for the release of 10 hostages in Gaza. The 2 Russian citizens released yesterday were counted on this list.
— د. ماجد محمد الأنصاري Dr. Majed Al Ansari (@majedalansari) November 30, 2023
He further stated that the ten Israeli hostages freed on the seventh day of the pause include two Russian-Israeli dual citizens released last night. The seven-day pause has seen dozens of Israeli captives exchanged for over 200 Palestinian detainees, and relief and aid entering the Gaza Strip.
The Gaza Health Ministry said that over 15,000 Palestinian people have been killed in Israeli brutal attacks since October 7. The Health Ministry said that more than 6,150 children have also been killed in the war in Gaza. As per media reports, over 36,000 Palestinian people have been injured by Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip.
