GAZA: Israel’s prison authority has said that 30 Palestinian detainees have been freed on the fifth day of the ceasefire pausing fighting in Gaza. According to Arab media, 14-year-old Palestinian Ahmed Salayme has arrived home in East Jerusalem following his release from Israeli jail. The development came following ten Israeli captives returned to Israel under the terms of the agreement following their release by Hamas, along with two more Thai captives.
The spokesperson for the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that the captives are 10 Israelis as well as 2 Thai nationals. It added that 3 of the Israelis are dual nationals – two from Argentina and one from the Philippines.
Update: hostages released from Gaza today are 12, 10 Israelis, a minor and 9 women, including a Filipina citizen, & 2 from Argentina. In addition, to 2 Thai citizens.
— د. ماجد محمد الأنصاري Dr. Majed Al Ansari (@majedalansari) November 28, 2023
Earlier, ICRC said it has ‘successfully’ transferred 12 hostages from the Gaza Strip. In a statement via social media, the ICRC stated that they have been able to conduct this operation thanks to their neutral intermediary role.
Our teams have successfully facilitated the release and transfer of 12 hostages held in Gaza.
We have been able to carry out this operation thanks to our neutral intermediary role.
— ICRC in Israel & OT (@ICRC_ilot) November 28, 2023
Meanwhile, a Hamas senior official invited US billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday to visit the Gaza strip to see the level of destruction caused by the Israeli brutal bombardment, Western media reported.
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Hamas’ senior official Osama Hamdan said that they invited Musk to visit the Gaza Strip to see the extent of the destruction and massacres carried out against the people of Gaza, in compliance with the standards of credibility and objectivity. He was addressing a press conference in Beirut. He also called for an upsurge in the number of aid trucks that are being let into the Gaza Strip on daily basis, to address severe shortage of basic needs of life in the south and in the north.
