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This Friday, Israel confirmed that the Islamist group Hamas handed over 13 Israeli hostages to the Red Crosswho are being transferred to Egypt, the official Israeli army radio
This Friday, Israel confirmed that the Islamist group Hamas handed over 13 Israeli hostages to the Red Crosswho are being transferred to Egypt, the official Israeli army radio reported, citing government sources.
The kidnapped men will leave the Rafah checkpoint along with 12 other Thai captives as part of an agreement to release 50 Israeli hostages in exchange for release 150 Palestinian prisoners and a four-day truce in Gaza.
He Prime Minister of ThailandSretta Taweesin confirmed this Friday that twelve of the 26 Thai hostages held by the Islamist group Hamas have been released as part of a truce agreement with Israel.
Sretta stated on social network X (formerly Twitter) that Twelve hostages have already been released. and said he would provide details of their identities in the next few hours.
The Thai President confirmed this information after the Egyptian government indicated in a note that twelve Thai and thirteen Israeli hostages had been released and that Egyptian authorities They are “now preparing” at the Rafah checkpointwhich connects Egypt to the Palestinian enclave to receive those released by Hamas “in preparation for their transfer to the Israeli side.”
The freed men are among 26 Thais held among more than 240 people kidnapped by the armed wing of Hamas during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel that killed about 1,200 people, including 39 Thais.
In early November, Thailand reported that two or three cells of the Islamist group were holding Thais in different locations in the Gaza Strip.
Since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, Thailand has sought various ways to achieve the release of captives, including a trip led by the head of Thai diplomacy to Egypt and Qatar and meetings in Iran between Thai government officials and members of the Islamist group.
There were about 30,000 Thais in Israel at the time of the Hamas attack, including 5,000 staff near Gaza, of whom more than 10,000 had already returned and others chose to remain in Israeli territory.
With EFE information
More information in development…
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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