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Hamas releases German hostages
Updated on January 30th, 2025 – 12:58 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
The terrorist organization Hamas has announced the release of several hostages. Three hostages were handed over, including two Germans.
The German-Israelis Arbel Yehud and Gadi Moses handed over Islamists in the Gaza Strip to the Red Cross in the course of the agreed freedom of hostage. The Red Cross confirmed this. In a live broadcast of the broadcaster Al Jazeera, chaotic scenes had to be seen before-in the dense crowd in Chan Junis it was initially unclear what happened on the white vehicles of the aid organization.
The transmission showed how both hostages had to run through a large, densely crowded and loudly screaming crowd. They were accompanied by armed and hooded Islamists. Israeli television commentators described the scene as “via Dolorosa” (suffering). Read more about the hostages here. Hamas had published a video shortly before the expected release, which shows how Yehud and Moses meet and hug.
Hamas had already released the 20-year-old Israeli soldier Agam Berger in the morning. Also in a live broadcast on television could be seen how they were handed over between ruins in Jabalija by hooded armed to representatives of the Red Cross. Five Thai citizens were also handed over to the Red Cross.
The free hostages were to be brought to an Israeli military camp on the edge of the Gaza Strip and from there to four different hospitals in Israel. In return, 110 Palestinian prisoners are to be released from Israeli prisons.
The agreement on a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, which came into force on January 19, stipulates that in a first phase, 33 Israeli hostages are released for 1,904 Palestinian prisoners within six weeks. Three civilians and four soldiers were already released as part of the agreement. Further hostages are to be released on Saturday. According to the Hamas, eight of the 33 hostages are dead. The five Thai countries, whose release is now also expected according to the forum of the hostage members, are not part of this group of 33.