Next batch of Hamas hostages to be freed TODAY including two Israeli women and first foreign nationals

THE adjacent batch of Hamas hostages are acceptable to beryllium freed contiguous aft being snatched connected October 7, 2023.

Arbel Yehud, 29, Agam Berger, 21, and Gadi Mozes, 80, volition beryllium freed alongside 5 Thai hostages pursuing a sick 15-month agelong detention successful the tunnels beneath Gaza.

Red Cross vehicles arrived astatine a determination successful bluish Gaza connected Thursday greeting successful mentation for the release.

Arbel and 80-year-old Gadi were some held by the subject helping of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, marking the archetypal clip successful the ceasefire that the panic radical releases hostages successful its custody.

A specified fewer days agone Israel accused Hamas of breaching the bid woody aft the panic radical released four women IDF soldiers alternatively of civilian hostage Arbel.

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad had been falsely describing the 29-year-old arsenic a worker and demanding much prisoners to beryllium released for her to beryllium returned, Times of Israel reports.

But connected Sunday, section media said that the Jihad radical had agreed to classify Arbel arsenic a civilian.

Hamas gave alleviation to Arbel's household connected Sunday, confirming that she is live and safe.

Arbel was abducted alongside her boyfriend, Ariel Cunio, from their Kibbutz Nir Oz location during Hamas’s October 7 horror attacks that near implicit 1,200 radical dead.

Her brother, Dolev Yehud, was killed by the terrorists portion defending the kibbutz and his remains were identified past June.

Gadi Mozes, who is besides to beryllium released aft being held by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, was taken from Nir Oz during the October 7 massacre.

His partner, Efrat Katz, was tragically killed successful the attacks, and his household person had nary accusation connected him since December 2023, wherever helium appeared successful a gut-wrenching Hamas propaganda video.

Agam Berger is besides to beryllium released contiguous aft she was abducted from the Nahal Oz outpost - lone a mates of months aft enlisting successful the IDF.

The 21-year-old was seen successful footage from the October 7 onslaught with humor smeared connected her look - but it remains unclear whether it's her ain oregon belonged to chap soldiers.

Today's merchandise volition besides spot 5 Thai nationals flight their hostage hellhole aft being kidnapped by Hamas successful the aforesaid attack.

Their merchandise is abstracted from the ceasefire woody betwixt the panic radical and Israel.

At slightest 31 Thai radical were kidnapped during the heinous massacre, with six remaining live successful Gaza, according to the Jewish Chronicle.

The hostages person been named arsenic Surasak Lamnau, Pingsa Nattapong, Bannawat Seathao, Sathian Suwankam, Sriaoun Watchara, and Pongsak Tanna.

In speech for the hostages, Israel are to escaped Palestinian information prisoners, equating to 30 for each civilian and 50 for Agam Berger.

Israel is not freeing prisoners for the 5 Thai hostages, however, arsenic that merchandise appears nether a abstracted statement betwixt Hamas and the Thai government.

RELEASED HOSTAGES

On Saturday, Karina Ariev, 20, Daniela Gilboa, 20, Naama Levy, 20, and Liri Elbag, 19, were all handed implicit to the Red Cross by balaclava-wearing Hamas thugs.

The women were each captured arsenic Israeli soldiers alternatively than guiltless civilians caught successful the horror October 7 massacre.

The 4 brave soldiers revealed to section media astir beingness being held by Hamas - and however they took a brave measurement to humiliate their evil captors aft their release.

The women were captured successful footage acting calmly and confidently arsenic they smiled and waved to crowds of gunmen and Gaza civilians.

One of the released hostages told Kan TV news: "We showed them connected the signifier that we were not fazed.

"It had nary interaction connected us. We are stronger than them."

Brit Emily Damari and fellow Israeli captives Romi Gonen, 24, and Doron Steinbrecher, 31 were each besides freed successful the archetypal speech past Saturday.

Emily mislaid 2 fingers aft being changeable by Hamas during the October 7 onslaught connected her kibbutz, Kfar Aza, wherever she was ambushed.

The reunion of the hostages with their families successful confederate Israel was a infinitesimal of earthy emotion.

But earlier escaping panic hell, Emily, Romi and Doron were handed Hamas "gift bags" containing haunting mementos of their captivity.

The bags reportedly included photos of the women during their imprisonment and a alleged "certificate" - acting arsenic a grim reminder of their 15-month nightmare successful Gaza.

HOSTAGE DEATHS

Eight hostages owed for merchandise person been killed during their cruel imprisonment successful Gaza, Hamas says.

The captives look to person died successful the tunnels beneath Gaza during their sick 15-month agelong detention aft they were snatched connected October 7, 2023.

Some 33 of astir 90 hostages were acceptable to be traded backmost to Israel as portion of the archetypal signifier of a ceasefire woody inked earlier this month.

Israel said it was informed of the 8 deaths connected Sunday nighttime by Hamas erstwhile it was fixed a database of the 33 that would beryllium released.

It is not yet wide who the 8 deceased are arsenic Israeli hostage families desperately cling connected to hope.

Hamas claims the different 25 successful the swap are inactive live with the next merchandise of hostages takes spot connected Saturday.

Seven successful the radical of 33 person already been returned home.

Families of the hostages person been near successful an agonising hold to spot whether their loved ones person survived.

BIBAS FAMILY HOPE

One of those families is the Bibas, who don't cognize whether Kfir and Ariel, conscionable 2 and 5 years aged erstwhile they were snatched, are inactive alive.

The children, on with their parents Yarden and Shiri, are each connected the database of are connected the database of hostages to beryllium released in the archetypal six-week signifier of the fragile ceasefire.

Relatives are yet to perceive immoderate news connected whether the household could beryllium dormant oregon alive.

In a connection connected Monday, the Bibas household said it inactive held connected to hope.

They said: “We said past and we accidental now, we clasp connected to anticipation and await their return. We await certainty regarding their condition.

“The database that Hamas passed connected to Israel regarding the presumption of the kidnapped is not a database of names and does not alteration our position. Neither a database of names, a Hamas statement, nor immoderate video of this oregon that benignant – are definite for us.”

Last year, Hamas claimed that Shiri, Ariel and Kfir had been killed in an Israeli aerial onslaught – thing Israel has not confirmed.

The Bibas household said their "world came crashing down” aft they saw that Shiri, Ariel and Kfir were not connected the list to beryllium freed connected Saturday.

The presumption of the woody authorities children and pistillate captives would beryllium released first.

Israel accused Hamas of breaching the bid woody aft the panic radical released 4 women IDF soldiers alternatively of civilian hostage Arbel Yehoud.

In response, Hamas pledged to merchandise 2 much woman, but did not again notation Shiri Bibas and her children.

DISPLACED PALESTINIANS

The archetypal signifier of the ceasefire runs until aboriginal March and volition spot 33 hostages released by Hamas and 2,000 Palestinian prisoners released by Israel.

The exchanged travel arsenic thousands of displaced Palestinians are returning location to the northbound of war-ravaged Gaza.

Israel had prevented Palestinians from returning to bluish Gaza, accusing Hamas of violating the presumption of the truce, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said precocious Sunday they would beryllium allowed to walk aft a caller statement was reached.

Israel had said it would forestall Palestinians' transition to the northbound until the merchandise of Arbel Yehud, a civilian pistillate hostage who it maintained should person been freed connected Saturday.

But Netanyahu's bureau aboriginal said a woody had been reached for the merchandise of 3 hostages connected Thursday, including Yehud, arsenic good arsenic different 3 connected Saturday.

Hamas had said blocking the instrumentality of Palestinians amounted to a truce violation.

Large crowds of radical moved done the now-open Netzarim Corridor into the north, watched implicit by Israeli tanks.

Some pulled carts weighed down with mattresses and different essentials portion others carried what belongings they could.