2023-11-26 20:17:48
This time, everything went without a hitch. On the third day of a truce in fighting in Gaza, 17 hostages were released by Hamas and handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Among them are 14 Israelis: 9 children and 4 women and a man, according to information from the Israeli press and the Hostage Families Forum. The man also has Russian nationality and was released under an agreement between Hamas and Moscow. Three Thais were also released this Sunday.
40 Israeli hostages have been released by Hamas since Friday, out of some 50 provided for in the truce agreement with Israel which extends until Monday inclusive. This brings to 58 the total number of hostages released since Friday, including 18, the vast majority Thais, not affected by the agreement. At the same time, 39 new Palestinian prisoners were released by Israel, a number similar to Friday and Saturday.
If the identities of the foreign hostages have not been communicated, those of the Israeli hostages are well known.
In spite of itself, it represents the barbarity of the events of October 7. Abducted near Kibbutz Kfar Gaza, this 4-year-old girl celebrated her birthday while she was hostage in the Gaza Strip. Both of his parents were murdered during the Hamas attack. His two big brothers survived, hidden in a cupboard.
To escape the terrorists, Abigal decides to flee her parental home. She finally took refuge in the home of the Brodetz family, with whom she was kidnapped.
Abigail Idan holds dual Israeli and American citizenship. “She is free and she is in Israel,” responded American President Joe Biden this Sunday evening.
Hagar (39 years), Ofri (10 years), Yuval (8 years) et Oriya (4 years et demi) Brodetz
A mother and her three children. The entire Brodetz family was released this Sunday, although Father Avihai had not been captured. Hagar, Ofri, Yuval and Oriya, all four come from Kibbutz Kfar Gaza from where they were kidnapped. Hagar (39 years old) moved there nine years ago with her husband, a farmer. She is a rock fan and is described as having a “captivating sense of humor”.
At 10 years old, Ofri is the eldest of Hagar’s three children. She celebrated her birthday on October 8, the day after her kidnapping. A fan of guitar and rollerblading, she plays in the Kfar Gaza football team. His little brother Yuval (8 years old) also plays football. He also enjoys Lego and “playing Xbox (a video game console),” according to the Hostage Families Forum. Oriya is four and a half years old and is a Paris Saint-Germain fan. He loves playing “with toy tractors in the yard” and playing soccer.
Chen (48 years old), Agam (17 years old), Gal (11 years old) and Tal (8 years old) Goldstein-Almog
The Goldstein-Almog family also found freedom. Mother Chen (48 years old) is a social worker. She was in a relationship with Nadav, the father of her children, since the age of 14. He was murdered – like their eldest daughter Yam – on October 7. Chen was kidnapped along with her three children from the Kibbutz of Kfar Gaza.
Agam, 17, will celebrate his 18th birthday in January. She is a senior in high school. His two little brothers Gal (11 years old) and Tal (8 years old) are basketball fans. Tal will be 9 years old next month.
Adrian Aviva Siegel (63 ans)
Adrian Aviva Siegel (63 years old) also lived in this kibbutz of Kfar Gaza. A former teacher, she loves cooking. According to Times of Israël, her husband Keith was kidnapped at the same time as her. He has not yet been released. Both have four children and five grandchildren. The Times of Israel specifies that she also has South African nationality and that her husband is American.
Aviva Adrienne Siegel, 62 years old. Reuters/Hostage Families ForumDafna (15 years old) and Ella (8 years old) Elikim
Dafna (15) and Ella (8) Elikim were kidnapped from their home in Kibbutz Nir Oz, which was hit hard by the October 7 attack. Dafna “loves to sing” and “make videos on TikTok”. Her little sister enjoys painting and dancing.
Alva Avraham (84) was at her home in Kibbutz Nahal Oz when she was forcibly taken to the Gaza Strip. She appreciates paintings and ceramics.
According to some sources, she was taken to a hospital as soon as she left the Gaza Strip.
The Elderly Israeli Woman who was Airlifted directly from Northern Gaza in Serious Condition after she was Handed-Over by the Red Cross has been identified as 84 y/o Alma Avraham. pic.twitter.com/eHbu3BSMzS
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) November 26, 2023
He was kidnapped during the “Tribe of Nova” festival in Réïm where he was working. Roni Krivoi (25 years old) loves music and traveling. In this photo, he crosses the border between the Gaze Strip and Egypt in a Red Cross vehicle. Also of Russian nationality, he was released under an agreement with Moscow.
Hostage Roni Krivoi, 25, arrives at the Rafah border to be released, in the southern Gaza Strip November 26, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Late this Sunday afternoon, a source close to Hamas indicated that the terrorist movement was ready to extend the truce by “two to four days”. This would mean that between 20 and 40 additional hostages could be freed.
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