Hamas on Friday evening published footage showing the 13 Israeli hostages and 11 Thai hostages it released, as part of the truce with Israel, being transferred to the Red Cross before they returned to Israel.
The video shows Hamas terrorists, their faces covered, handing over hostages to the members of the Red Cross. It also shows some of the terrorists personally lifting and placing the hostages onto the Red Cross vehicles.
Friday’s batch of freed hostages included six elderly women, four children and three mothers. The 11 Thai hostages were freed as part of a separate deal brokered between Thailand and Iran, but were returned to Israel with the 13 Israelis.
Hamas is slated to release more hostages on Saturday. According to reports in Israel, the group will release 13 more hostages, with a greater number of children compared to Friday’s batch.
At the request of the coordinator of the cross-governmental response to missing Israeli citizens, Brigadier General Gal Hirsch, the names of the hostages who are freed each day are be published in the media until they are returned to Israel.
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