Four Israeli female soldiers held hostage in Gaza set to be released – live updates | Israel-Gaza war

In a letter sent to UN Secretary -General Antonio Guterres on Friday, Israeli UN Ambassador Danny Denon once again accused the UNRWA agency of “widespread infiltration” by Hamas militants. Which made a surprising attack in southern Israel on October 7, 2023 – which the UNRWA refuses.

As the Associated Press reports, Denon said he was following the legislation approved by Israel’s Nasate in late October, which banned the UNRWA from working in “Israel’s sovereignty” It has been banned and any contacts between Israeli authorities and the UN agency have been banned. It was to be implemented in 90 days.

In light of this law he said: “UNRWA needs to stop its operations in Jerusalem, and after January 30, 2025, they will evacuate all the premises in the city.”

UNRWA Commissioner General Philip Lazarini said in a speech in Oslo last week that his staff would “be forced to retreat under the protest” and “local staff would be present and provide emergency assistance.” And wherever possible, education and basic health will continue. “

He said that the UNRWA will also “live and deliver” in Gaza and the West Bank, which are occupied Palestinian territories and they have not been mentioned in Donon’s letter.

UNRWA has been an important agency for aid and distribution in Gaza, where the entire population of about two million Palestinians relies on the agency for health and education.

According to an Associated Press report, the Israeli military said Friday that an airstrike targeted alleged militants in a vehicle in the northwestern bank, where Israeli forces conducted a major military operation during a ceasefire in Gaza. Have been

According to the Ministry of Health, two Palestinians were killed in the attack. The army says the attack took place in Qatia, about 5 km (3 miles) south of the fetus. The city has been the main focus of the Israeli operation.

On Friday, the voices of drones were raised in the head and heard the sounds of bullets and explosions when the Israeli army’s bulldozers and armored vehicles were walking on the streets.

According to health officials, Israeli forces have killed at least 14 Palestinians in the northwestern bank during the days of a critical ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

Hamas said two of its members were killed in a gun with an Israeli army in another town near Jinn this week. Suspected Jewish settlers have also attacked two Palestinian towns.

Hours after the release of the names of the hostages released on Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office appeared to be pointing. It believes that Hamas violated the critical ceasefire agreement. Because these names did not include the rest of the hostage in Gaza..

Israeli media later reported that the Israeli prime minister consulted with its security chiefs and decided to move forward, Hamas’s decision to release female soldiers before female civilians was declared a violation of a ceasefire agreement. But it is not so serious to completely eliminate this process.

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Four Israeli female soldiers will be released on Saturday.

The women were taken to Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack, which had incited the war and since then they have had no contact with the outside world. Women kidnappers served in a search unit charged with monitoring the threats along the border with Gaza.

Here we know about them:

• Kareena Arif, 20. On October 7, 2023, Arif conveyed a message of goodbye to his family when he was being dragged into Gaza: “If I do not live, then take care of your mother and father all my life. Do not give up. Live.” Her family says she likes to cook, sing, dance and write poetry. A year ago, Hamas released a video clip showing him and another soldier in his unit, Daniela Gulbawa, requesting his release.

• Daniela Gulbawa, 20. Gulbawa’s name was actually Daniel, but after his abduction, his parents changed it to Daniella, citing the Jews’ belief that changing the name could change one’s fate. In his abduction videos, Gulbawa is suffering from foot injury when militants are entering the jeep going to Gaza. Gulbawa has said that she dreams of becoming a professional singer.

• Levi, 20. The second footage of October 7, which has been shared all over the world, depicts levy, a soldier and a tri -athlete, who is wearing a blood -soaked gray sweet paint when he was abducted from his base. When she was young, she attended the US -based “Hands of Peace” delegation, which gathered Americans, Israelis and Palestinians to work on coexistence.

• Larry Albag, 19. Earlier this month, as the ceasefire talks were underway, Hamas’s military wing released a video showing that Albag, the youngest of the soldiers ready for release, in which his family He said she was “severe psychological distress”.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage in the Middle East, Four women hostage in Gaza since 2023, focusing on Israeli soldiers, who will release Hamas on Saturday.

This exchange is the second exchange under the Israeli and Gaza ceasefire agreement.

It is Near 5 in the morning In Jerusalem, and here you need to know:

• Palestinian militant group Hamas on Friday announced that it would release four female soldiers held hostage in Gaza for 15 months, as part of the exchange of dozens of Palestinian prisoners imprisoned in his ceasefire agreement. With Israel. An Advocacy group representing the hostages’ families confirmed the identity of the captive Israelis released on Saturday.

• Four Israeli soldiers Kareena Erif, 20; Daniela Gulbawa, 20; Levy, 20; And Larry Albag, 19. The women were taken to Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack, which had incited the war and since then they have had no contact with the outside world.

• Female kidnappers served in a search unit charged with threats along the border.

• In a statement, the forum of hostages and missing families welcomed their expected release: “The whole nation has fought for them and is anxiously waiting for their families to return.”

• However, the list did not have the name of Arbil Jews, who was the last female hostage in Gaza, who earlier this week, Israeli officials said they would be released this week.

• Israel believes that one -third of more than 90 hostages in Gaza still have died of half or possibly half. However, Hamas has not released final information about how many prisoners are still alive or the names of the deceased.

• The first phase of the ceasefire agreement includes 33 hostages, including women, children, sick people and people over 50. Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners are expected to be gradually released in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian detainees under Israel. Most of the 33 are civilians, but the agreement also promises Hamas that he will release all living female soldiers in Phase 1, which is expected to continue for 42 days.

• Hamas prisoners’ media office said 200 prisoners would be released on Saturday under the agreement.These include 120 life imprisonment and 80 prisoners with long penalties.

• The week will be second since the ceasefire began last Sunday. And Hamas released three Israeli nationals in exchange for 90 Palestinian prisoners.

• The ceasefire agreement, Qatar and Egypt’s mediation and the support of the United States, continued after several months of negotiations. For the first time after a ceasefire continued for only a week in November 2023.