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Middle East Eye
22-02-2025
- Middle East Eye
Israeli army says captive Hisham al-Sayed handed over by Hamas
The Israeli army said that Israeli Bedouin captive Hisham al-Sayed was handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza City. The Red Cross is currently bringing him back to Israel. His handover was carried out without a ceremony.
Saba Yemen
22-02-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Al-Qassam Brigades hands over six Israeli prisoners
Gaza - Saba: Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, handed over six Zionist prisoners today, Saturday, in the seventh batch of exchange operations within the first phase of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip. Gaza - Saba: Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, handed over six Zionist prisoners today, Saturday, in the seventh batch of exchange operations within the first phase of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip. The handover took place today in two locations, the first in Rafah and the second in the Nuseirat camp. The handover of three Zionist prisoners began in the Nuseirat area in central Gaza, following the first handover that took place a short time ago in Rafah and included two Israeli prisoners. Meanwhile, prisoner Hisham al-Sayed will be handed over in Gaza City without a ceremonial ceremony. The movement handed over the two Zionist prisoners "Tal Shoham" and "Avra Mengistu" in the Rafah area in the southern Gaza Strip this morning. The Zionist occupation authorities announced today, Saturday, the names of the Palestinian prisoners scheduled to be released in a new batch of Palestinian prisoners, within the seventh phase of the prisoner exchange agreement with the resistance factions. The "Israeli" occupation delayed delivering the list of names of Palestinian prisoners who will be released today as part of the seventh batch of the "Flood of the Free" deal. According to the Palestinian Prisoners Club, the Zionist occupation will release 602 Palestinian prisoners from the occupation prisons, as part of an exchange deal with Zionist prisoners held in the Gaza Strip, under the ceasefire agreement. The club's spokeswoman, Amani Sarahneh, reported that 445 Palestinian prisoners from the Gaza Strip were arrested during the Zionist war of extermination on the Strip on October 7, 2023, 60 are serving long prison sentences, 50 are serving life sentences, and 47 were re-arrested after their release in the exchange deal that took place in 2011. As part of this batch, a number of prisoners released in the "Wafa al-Ahrar" deal who were re-arrested by the occupation state will be released, most notably prisoner Nael Barghouti, who spent 45 years in the occupation prisons, which is the longest period of detention in the history of the Palestinian prisoner movement.
The Independent
22-02-2025
- The Independent
Six Israeli hostages released by Hamas as Israel to free Palestinian prisoners
Two Israeli hostages held captive for over ten years have been released by Hamas under the first phase of a fragile ceasefire with Israel. Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed, who have been held hostage since 2014 and 2015, were handed over to International Red Cross officials in Rafah, southern Gaza. Mr Mengistu and Mr al-Sayed will now make their way across the border into Israel. They are two of six Israeli hostages set to be released on Saturday. Omer Shem Tov, 22, Eliya Cohen, 27, and Omer Wenkert, 23, who were all seized from the Nova Festival on 7 October 2023, are also set to be Shoam, 40, who was kidnapped from Kibbutz Be'eri, is also set to be released. The six Israeli hostages are the final living captives to be freed under phase-one of the fragile the agreement, 33 hostages were set to be released under the first phase, which comes to an end at the beginning of March.
Khaleej Times
21-02-2025
- Politics
- Khaleej Times
602 Palestinian prisoners, 6 Israeli hostages to be freed on Saturday as part of new swap
Israel is expected to free 602 Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Saturday's hostage-prisoner exchange, Hamas' prisoner media office reported. In return for those prisoners, the group's armed wing said on Friday it will release 6 Israeli hostages named Eliya Cohen, Omer Shem Tov, Tal Shoham, Omer Wenkert, Hisham al-Sayed and Avera Mengisto on Saturday. Hisham al-Sayed and Avera Mengisto are civilians, who entered Gaza a decade ago and have been held there since. Earlier on Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hamas of committing a "cruel and evil" violation of the Gaza ceasefire deal by failing to return a captive called Shiri Bibas. Hamas on Thursday handed over bodies it said were of four hostages, including three members of the Bibas family — Shiri Bibas and her two young sons — along with an elderly captive.
Reuters
21-02-2025
- Politics
- Reuters
Hamas names six hostages it will release on Saturday
CAIRO, Feb 21 (Reuters) - The armed wing of militant group Hamas said on Friday it will release Israeli hostages Eliya Cohen, Omer Shem Tov, Tal Shoham, Omer Wenkert, Hisham al-Sayed and Avera Mengisto on Saturday. Hisham al-Sayed and Avera Mengisto are civilians, who entered Gaza a decade ago and have been held there since.
