The Red Cross began receiving its third group of hostages Hamasas pointed out by an Egyptian television station.
Diaa Raswan, head of Egypt’s State Intelligence Service (SIS), said in a statement that the truce continues to be observed without hindrancestressing that 120 trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered the Palestinian enclave from Egypt today.
In accordance with timesofisrael.com the Israel Defense Forces announced that according to information provided to the army by the Red Cross, 17 hostages have been handed over to them by Hamas.
The IDF says the hostages include 14 Israeli citizens and three foreign nationals. For its part, Hamas announced that it handed over 13 Israeli hostages to the Red Cross, 3 Thais and a Russian.
At the same time, the third group released by the Palestinians includes 39 children, most of them from Jerusalem, the Committee on Prisoners’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club points out.
Hamas in a statement earlier said that released a hostage with Russian citizenship “in response to the efforts of Russian President Vladimir Putin and in appreciation of the Russian position in support of the Palestinian struggle.”
At the same time, the national security adviser of the American presidency Jake Sullivan told US news networks today that an American citizen may be among the hostages to be released today from the Gaza Strip.
“We have reason to believe that Americans will be released today. At least one American will be released today. I can’t confirm who it will be or that it will definitely happen because until we see an American come out of Gaza safely and reach his loved ones, we won’t have full confirmation,” he stressed.
CNN earlier reported that “for the first time since the temporary truce went into effect between Hamas and Israelan American citizen is expected to be among the hostages to be released” today.
Until now, 26 Israelis, 14 Thais and one Filipino have been releasedwho had been kidnapped by Hamas gunmen on October 7.
On the other hand, 78 Palestinians (mostly women and young people), who were held in Israeli prisons, have been released.
Source: News Beast
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