Jerusalem: Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued an announcement welcoming house the three Israelis who had been launched on Thursday from captivity in Gaza — Agam Berger, Arbel Yehud and Gadi Moses.
Netanyahu additionally criticised how Hamas dealt with their launch.
“Agam, Arbel, Gadi — welcome house,” he stated.
“All the State of Israel embraces you, as do my spouse Sara and I.”
“This launch was achieved, to start with, due to our heroic troopers, and it was additionally achieved due to the steadfast and decided stand that we took through the negotiations,” Netanyahu added.
Nonetheless, the Prime Minister additionally had a couple of phrases concerning the chaos in Gaza that the freed Israelis skilled throughout their launch saying, “We won’t settle for violations of the settlement. Throughout the launch of our hostages at the moment, all of us noticed stunning scenes. We made it clear to the mediators that we don’t intend to just accept any threat to our hostages.”
“And I’ll add: Whoever dares to hurt our hostages – pays the worth.”
The three Israeli hostages launched in Gaza on Thursday had been earlier named by the Israeli Prime Minister’s Workplace (PMO), which additionally confirmed that 5 Thai nationals had been additionally freed.
“The checklist of names acquired from Hamas at the moment by the mediators Qatar and Egypt consists of: Arbel Yehoud (29 years outdated), Agam Berger (19), and Gadi Moses (80),” the Israeli Prime Minister’s Workplace stated.
The workplace of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed the identities of the 5 Thai nationals launched in Gaza earlier on Thursday. They’ve been named as Pongsak Thanna, Sathian Suwannakham, Watchara Sriaoun, Bannawat Saethao and Surasak Lamnao.
Israeli authorities additionally launched 110 Palestinian prisoners on Thursday as a part of the ceasefire and hostage take care of Hamas.. Of these, 32 had been sentenced to life imprisonment, one other 30 had been kids, and 48 had been prisoners with excessive sentences, based on Hamas.
All launched prisoners had been “transferred from a number of detention services throughout the nation to be absorbed within the Ofer and Ketziot prisons” earlier than being freed, the Israel Jail Service stated in an announcement on Thursday.
Eight hostages taken by Hamas and different armed teams within the October 7, 2023 assaults had been additionally launched in Gaza on Thursday.