Israeli hostages interviewed on stage by armed Hamas fighters before release

Three Israeli hostages person conscionable been led onto a signifier and interviewed by Hamas fighters earlier being released.

Eli Sharabi, 52, Ohad ben Ami, 56, and Or Levy, 34 were taken onto a level successful Deir el-Balah successful cardinal Gaza, wherever they were seen holding certificates, earlier being spoken to by the militant group.

The men, who looked gaunt, were past taken to waiting Red Cross vehicles and driven distant from the staging area.

They volition present beryllium transported to Israel and taken by IDF helicopters to conscionable with aesculapian unit and their families.

Cheers broke retired successful Hostages Square successful Tel Aviv, Israel arsenic the men appeared connected screen.

Their merchandise comes arsenic portion of the ceasefire woody betwixt Israel and Hamas that began connected 19 January.

Banners connected the signifier read: ‘We are the flood, we are the war’s adjacent day.’

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