Hamas released three hostages from Gaza and Israel on Saturday, 183 prisoners and detainees, a fifth exchange under a three -week ceasefire agreement.
The offer of these three Israeli men surprised the country, which gave rise to anger and frustration, which could increase pressure on the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu to increase the agreement to the second phase, and to the rest of the Israeli captives. Bring home
The Israeli leader may face choice between maintaining his government or sealing on the second phase of ceasefire, under which a framework plan will see all hostages free and Israeli forces exit Gaza. –
Right -wing Finance Minister Bezel Smutrich has opposed the ceasefire and threatened that if the war has not resumed, he has threatened to quit the alliance, which will probably bring it down.
On Saturday evening, he targeted the Israelis who compared the hostages of the Nazi detention camps, saying it was a “serious mistake” that showed “humiliation” for the Holocaust.
The three men looked weaker than 13 Israelis and five Thai citizens who were previously released.
Samutrich advised those to demand an extension of the ceasefire because dozens of Israeli hostages still want to “surrender to Hamas” because of fear of the state of the hostages.
The Palestinian prisoners club said that after the Israeli liberation, many Palestinian prisoners also saw very thin for Ramullah, and seven of the 43 needed to be hospitalized.
Rights groups and whistleblowers have described the “institutional abuse” policy in Israeli prisons and detention centers. The prisoners have emerged as a result of severe low rations, in some cases lost dozens of kilograms.
Some people issued were sentenced to life imprisonment for violent crimes. But on Saturday, 111 detained from Gaza were free, they were arrested after October 7, 2023 and have never been charged before their release.
Netanyahu, who is in Washington for meetings with Donald Trump and other US allies, has repeatedly indicated that he is ready to resume the war, and insisting that just a “full” military conquest of Israel Can keep safe.
“We will end Hamas, and we will return our hostages,” he said in a statement, celebrating the release, and attacking the hostages.
According to Israeli media, the Israeli leader has ordered a Qatar delegation to discuss “technical issues”, but no special talks will begin until the security cabinet meeting on Monday.
Israeli hostage coordinator, Brigade General Gaul Harsh, said he saw the condition of free people with great concern.
Annao Zhangkar, whose son Matan Zhangaukar is in Gaza and not for release under the first phase of the deal, Netanyahu accused of “sitting in a hotel in Washington, trying to sabotage” The son will be saved.
“Tell them to short the first step, close [the deal] At the second stage, and this time, bring them all together, “he said in a statement regarding Israeli media.
Baseem Naeem, a Hamas political bureau, warned Israel’s “lack of commitment” that Gaza was in danger of ending the ceasefire. He told AFP that the group did not want to go back to war, but if the ceasefire ended, it was ready to fight.
The next round of talks was officially launched early Saturday, when Netanyahu met with Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Watkov, but Naeem said the talks were not yet going on.
According to Israeli media, Netanyahu has ordered a Qatar delegation to discuss “technical matters”, but after returning from Washington for a security cabinet meeting on Monday, no special talks began. Will not
In a third phase, Gaza’s reconstruction will be seen, but the process has been put in turmoil with Trump’s tragedy that the United States should occupy the area and the Palestinians will be resettled somewhere else. , Which will indicate the UN Secretary -General to be warned about ethnic cleansing.
The Israelis were also angry with a Hamas ceremony, which saw the weak -looking people forced to make statements on a stage in Gaza before taking the waiting buses.
Israel declared prisoners to watch a movie about the destruction of the Gaza Strip in the war for release, some of them released, and released prisoners who were wearing bracelets last week with pro -Israeli messages. Was criticized.
The Red Cross said it was “rapidly worried about the release”, in a statement that called for all parties, including mediators, to make sure that the next release is dignity and private.
Two of the Israelites were rising from the hostage imprisonment to the news of the tragic loss.
According to Israeli media, Eli Sharbi, who was taken hostage from Bei Kabotz, was not told during his entire imprisonment that his wife and daughters were killed on October 7, 2023.
Or Levy, who was abducted by the Nova Music Festival, suspected that his wife had died, but the news was not confirmed. He had re -met his three -year -old son, who was living with his grandfather’s grandmother on the morning of the attack.
