Saturday marks the 50th day of the war between Israel and Hamas. US President Joe Biden expressed his satisfaction with the ongoing four-day ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of Israeli hostages. “This is just the beginning,” he said. According to him, there is a “real possibility” of extending the ceasefire by a few days. – A longer break in the fighting would create an opportunity to provide aid to Gaza, Biden said. He also listed the reason behind the Hamas attack. – I can’t prove what I’m saying, but I believe that one of the reasons for the Hamas attack is that they know that I am working closely with the Saudis and others in the region to bring peace to this part of the world by recognizing Israel. And the right to its existence – said the President of the United States. Follow Virtualna Polska’s live coverage.
- The eight freed hostages arrived at Schneider Children’s Medical Center, confirmed Dr. Joseph Mendlovic, deputy director of the Israeli Ministry of Health. He said four children and four women came to the centre. A total of six Israeli hospitals “carefully planned the reception and treatment of the hostages, who were discreetly reunited with their families,” he added.
- Unrest in the West Bank. The Associated Press reported Friday that Israeli forces had to use tear gas to control a crowd waiting for Palestinian prisoners to be freed as part of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
- Information confirmed Israeli officials were alerted to Hamas’ plans. However, all these reports were underestimated. The soldier, who had been reporting to the command about Hamas’s strange movements for a year, was even threatened with court if he didn’t stop “bothering his boss with this nonsense.”
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Two more Palestinian prisoners returned home to Bethlehem.
Another post from the city of Jenin.
Palestinians celebrate the release of prisoners in the Palestinian Authority’s Jenin.
Occupied Palestine: Rallies in West Bank cities to celebrate release of prisoners.
Egyptian Information Services: 200 aid trucks enter Gaza on first day of ceasefire
Egyptian Information Services: 134 Palestinians stranded in Egypt in the first days of the ceasefire returned to Gaza.
As part of an agreed framework with Hamas, Mossad and the Israeli Defense Forces have received a second list of Israeli hostages to be released on Saturday, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said on Friday.
Security officials are examining the list of names, the statement said.
Israeli hostage coordinator Brig. Gen. (res.) Gale Hirsch briefed the families of the hostages, the statement added.
The list will not be made public until the hostages are safely in Israeli hands.
Another prisoner arrives in the West Bank city of Nablus.
“Israel does not want Palestinians to celebrate the release of their prisoners,” said Mustafa Barghouti of the Palestinian National Initiative. The Israeli army fired teargas canisters at people who had gathered to welcome the freed Palestinian prisoners.
Members of Palestinian armed groups reportedly hanged two men accused of spying for Israel in the West Bank town of Tulkarem.
Photos on social media showed the bodies of two men hanging from a power pole, the Times of Israel reported.
Freed female prisoners are saluted at the Martyrs’ Roundabout in the West Bank city of Nablus after Israel released them.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization, released a video showing injured Palestinians arriving by bus and ambulance to the European Hospital in Gaza after being transferred from Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City.
“The patients have gunshot wounds, amputations and burns. They are currently in a European hospital that is receiving double the number of patients it was intended to receive. Two days ago, WHO led another joint UN mission to transfer 151 patients, relatives. And Al-Shifa. Health services for the staff of the hospital. The mission was carried out under conditions of heavy fighting, in response to specific requests from health officials and hospital officials in Gaza,” the post read.
Jamal is the boy of Abu Hamdan in Beitah, south of Nablus in the Palestinian Authority.
“We promised Sinwar would come home free.” Singing as residents of Nablus in the West Bank receive female prisoners freed as part of the deal.
Returning kidnapped Israelis to their homes is considered an Israeli moral obligation. “We are determined to return them all and continue the ruthless destruction of Hamas,” said a spokesman for the Israeli Defense Forces.
People in the West Bank welcome Palestinian prisoners released as part of a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.
In an apparent attempt to show its fighters behaving humanely after 49 days of captivity, Hamas is releasing footage of some of the 24 hostages it freed today being handed over to the Red Cross.
A spokesperson for the Israeli government commented on the recording. “Hamas will never lay dirty hands on our land again until this is over. This war will end with the fall of Hamas,” wrote Eylon Levy.
Another house of prisoners returns from Israel.
One of the boys released by Israel returned home.
We return to the press conference that took place a few minutes ago at the Israeli Schneider Hospital.
“This is a medically and emotionally complex event,” said Schneider, a spokesman for the medical center, adding that “this is the first time that the State of Israel has been prepared for the arrival of so many hostages.”
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