Israel released this Tuesday 15 women and 15 children held in Israeli prisons after the Islamist group Hamas released 12 hostages held in Gaza on the fifth day of the hostage-for-prisoner exchange agreement parallel to a temporary ceasefire.
The Israel Prison Service confirmed this Release of 30 Palestinian prisoners, that they were imprisoned in various prisons in the country and that they were released in Ofer Prison and the Jerusalem Detention Center.
“The Prison Service is completing the fifth round of detainees as part of the operation to return those abducted to their homes,” a department spokesman said in a statement.
The text contained a detailed list of those released, including 17 residents live in Jerusalem These are five women and twelve minors, 13 of whom come from various locations in the occupied West Bank such as Bethlehem, Hebron, Nablus and Ramallah.
This announcement comes shortly after the Israeli army announced that it had taken 12 hostages – 10 Israeli women and two Thai citizens. published by the Islamist group Hamas.
The hostages They were handed over to the Red Cross in the Gaza Stripwho first took them to Egypt and then handed them over to the Israeli troops.
After an initial medical examination, the released hostages were transferred to Israeli hospitals undergo further testing and reunite with their families.
The fifth day in a row that hostages were exchanged for prisoners
Today’s releases mark the fifth consecutive day that hostages have been exchanged for prisoners under a temporary ceasefire agreement that came into force last Fridayafter agreeing to a two-day extension yesterdaywill be extended until tomorrow.
Since Friday, As part of the deal, Hamas released 60 Israeli hostagesalongside 21 other foreigners, one of whom has dual Russian-Israeli citizenship.
Israel, for its part, has released 180 Palestinian prisoners, all women and children, and is expected to release another 30 tomorrow.
The pact was mediated by Egypt, Qatar and the United Stateswhich this Tuesday continued its efforts to extend the ceasefire for a few more days.
Israel declared war on Hamas on October 7 after an attack by the Islamist group, which included Hamas the launch of more than 4,000 rockets and the infiltration of about 3,000 militiamen who killed about 1,200 people and kidnapped more than 240 in Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip.