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On Wednesday evening, 16 hostages were freed and 30 Palestinian prisoners were released

On Wednesday evening, 16 hostages were freed and 30 Palestinian prisoners were released

Cover Image: Israelis celebrate the return of hostages from Gaza in front of the Obakim military base in southern Israel on November 30, 2023. Menahem Gahana/AFP

  • Israel announced the release of a new group of hostages Wednesday evening : Ten Israelis and four Thais, including several dual citizens. Hamas had also previously announced the release of two Russian hostages who had arrived in Israel.
  • Addressing CNN, Jason Straciuso, a spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross, said his organization had not yet been able to meet the hostages being held in Gaza.. « We are willing to examine and administer medication to hostages held by Hamas, but we can only do so with permission. “We don’t know where the hostages are being kept,” he said.He told an American television channel.
  • The Israeli military and Shin Bet (intelligence) declare, In Telegram, “We have eliminated two terrorist commanders High-ranking officials, including Muhammad Zubaydi, head of the Jenin Brigade, who opened fire.
  • The Palestinian Red Cross said the Israeli army “They prevented paramedics from entering the besieged area of ​​the refugee camp in Jenin. [en Cisjordanie]Despite the injured », On that day.
  • Israel “verified” Hamas announced the deaths of a child, his brother and their mother. Earlier, the al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ armed wing, announced the deaths of Shiri, Ariel and Kafir Bibas in a statement. “Killed in bombing in Gaza Strip” by Israeli forces.
  • Five premature babies were found dead in a Gaza City hospitalA spokesman for the health ministry in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Wednesday that it was at the center of fighting that came into effect on Friday before a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.
  • “Our people face an existential threat”Palestinian Foreign Minister on Wednesday at the UNDespite everything, determination “Palestinian people stay here”.

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