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Families and children kidnapped from Israel’s southern Kibbutz Beeri were among the 13 Israeli hostages released by Hamas on Saturday, according to accounts given to AFP by their relatives, Israeli press, and the Hostage Families Forum.
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The releases came following a Friday agreement between Israel and Hamas, which is supposed to last four days and allow for 50 Israelis and 150 Palestinians to be freed.
A group of 13 Israeli hostages were also freed on Friday under the agreement, while Israel released 39 Palestinian prisoners on Friday, and a further 39 on Saturday night.
Hamas also freed 15 foreigners who were not included in its agreement with Israel: four Thai hostages on Saturday, in addition to ten Thais and one Filipino released on Friday.
The 13 Israeli hostages released Saturday are:
Hila and Emily, two friends aged 13 and 9, were abducted together, along with Hila’s mother Reaya Rotem, 54, who is still held in Gaza.
Emily was initially reported dead, but was later counted among the hostages.
The young Israeli-Irish girl, whose mother died of cancer when she was two-and-a-half years old, celebrated her 9th birthday in captivity on 17 November, according to her father, Thomas Hand.
“She spent her birthday in the tunnels of Gaza,” he said at a gathering in her honour in London that day.
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Adina Shoham and her family
Adina Shoham, 38, was abducted with her three-year-old daughter, Yahel, and eight-year-old son, Naveh.
All three also hold German dual nationality through Adina’s father, Avshalom Haran, who was killed in the…
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Source : france24
