A second group of hostages is set to be released later Saturday, according to Qatari government officials.
A second group of Gaza hostages is set to be released later Saturday after a delay that followed a dispute between Hamas and Israel over the terms of a truce agreement, according to Qatari government officials.
Qatari foreign ministry spokesperson Dr. Majid bin Mohammed Al Ansari confirmed that the hostage transfer would resume.
“After a delay, obstacles to release of prisoners were overcome through Qatari-Egyptian contacts with both sides, and 39 Palestinian civilians will be released tonight, while 13 Israeli hostages will leave Gaza in addition to 7 foreigners,” Al Ansari wrote in a message posted to X, formerly known as Twitter, on Saturday afternoon.
According to Al Ansari, the prisoners set to be released by Israel in the second phase of the transfer “will include 33 children and 6 women, while those released from Gaza will include 8 children and 5 women, in addition to 7 foreigners.”
The delay, first reported by Reuters, came as Hamas’ armed wing said it would not release the second round of hostages until Israel held up its side of the deal: allowing aid trucks to enter the besieged northern Gaza region.
Israel maintained that it had not violated the agreement. Thousands of protesters gathered in Tel Aviv to demand the release of the second group of hostages following the news of the delay.
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Mediators: Gaza hostage releases to resume after Israel-Hamas dispute https://t.co/zJZHofctkA
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Second wave of hostages on way to Egypt, Israeli official says https://t.co/QK5BsLoR1h
— The Hill (@thehill) November 25, 2023
An anti-Israel hater calls Emily Hand, a recently released hostage, a “settler-colonialist.”
Emily is a 9-year old child. What kind of sick ideology causes one to demonize and dehumanize an innocent child as a ‘settler-colonialist’?
The hatred for Jews in Israel is nothing… pic.twitter.com/FOVfkLPtEC
— Ritchie Torres (@RitchieTorres) November 26, 2023
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