{"id":1985,"date":"2025-01-25T10:15:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T10:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/israel-and-hamas-set-to-exchange-prisoners-and-hostages-cease-fire-latest-updates\/"},"modified":"2025-01-25T10:15:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T10:15:11","slug":"israel-and-hamas-set-to-exchange-prisoners-and-hostages-cease-fire-latest-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/israel-and-hamas-set-to-exchange-prisoners-and-hostages-cease-fire-latest-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel and Hamas Set to Exchange Prisoners and Hostages: Cease-Fire Latest Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Hamas released four female soldiers on Saturday as part of a hostage-for-prisoner exchange, more than a year after the women were taken captive during the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023, that started the war.<\/p>\n<p>The hostage release is part of <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/17\/world\/middleeast\/israel-cabinet-ceasefire-gaza.html\" title=\"\">a 42-day cease-fire deal<\/a> that went into effect on Sunday, pausing the fighting between Israel and Hamas. Hamas agreed to incrementally release 33 out of almost 100 remaining hostages in exchange for more than 1,000 Palestinians jailed by Israel and a partial Israeli withdrawal.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The young women were working as \u201cspotters\u201d for Israel\u2019s army, reporting on suspicious activity across the border. During the Hamas-led attack, militants stormed the Nahal Oz military base in Israel, killing more than 50 soldiers and abducting the women, all of them teenagers at the time, and three other female soldiers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">In May, the Israel military released a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/22\/world\/middleeast\/israel-hamas-hostage-video.html\" title=\"\">three-minute edited collection of videos<\/a>, verified by The New York Times, showing Palestinian fighters, some wearing Hamas headbands, binding the hands of five women, including the four being released on Saturday. The footage was recorded by body cameras worn by the Hamas militants who abducted them, according to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, which represents relatives of many of the captives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Here is what else we know about the four released hostages:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"live-blog-post-content css-19v2tje eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-1d67e063\">Liri Albag<\/h2>\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-small css-1189og3 e1g7ppur0\" aria-label=\"media\" role=\"group\"><figcaption data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\" class=\"css-13ytnnu ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">Liri Albag, a soldier who was seized from her army base in southern Israel during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack, pictured in this photograph released by Bring Them Home Now.<\/span><span class=\"css-14fe1uy e1z0qqy90\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Credit&#8230;<\/span><span><span aria-hidden=\"false\">via Reuters<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">In January, Hamas\u2019s military wing <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/04\/world\/middleeast\/hamas-israel-gaza-hostage.html\" title=\"\">released an edited video<\/a> of Ms. Albag, now 19, speaking for three and a half minutes, in which she said she had been held for more than 450 days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">In a statement, Ms. Albag\u2019s family said that \u201cher severe psychological distress is evident\u201d in the video and asked leaders to \u201cmake decisions as if your own children were there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cShe is just dozens of kilometers away from us, yet for 456 days we have been unable to bring her home,\u201d the family said.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"live-blog-post-content css-19v2tje eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-68577222\">Karina Ariev<\/h2>\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-small css-1189og3 e1g7ppur0\" aria-label=\"media\" role=\"group\"><figcaption data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\" class=\"css-13ytnnu ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">Karina Ariev, a soldier who turned 20 in captivity, pictured in this photograph released by Bring Them Home Now.<\/span><span class=\"css-14fe1uy e1z0qqy90\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Credit&#8230;<\/span><span><span aria-hidden=\"false\">via Reuters<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Ms. Ariev, now 20, called her parents during the attack, describing militants firing guns and rockets, and told them she loved them, according to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/taken-captive-karina-ariev-told-parents-continue-your-lives\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Israeli news media<\/a>. Her family later that day found a Hamas video posted on social media that showed Ms. Ariev and two other women in a Jeep \u2014 her face was bleeding, they said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">In August, after Ms. Ariev turned 20 in captivity, Ms. Ariev\u2019s older sister, Sasha Ariev, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/sister-of-captive-idf-soldier-says-she-wants-iran-to-get-it-over-with-already-so-hostage-deal-can-move-forward\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">said at an event in Jerusalem<\/a> that she had moved home after the Oct. 7 attack to help her struggling parents who were feeling increasingly helpless and struggling to keep up hope.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">She said the hostage crisis was consuming her. \u201cHow can I sleep when we haven\u2019t succeeded in bringing Karina and all the other hostages home?\u201d she said. \u201cHow can I sleep when I\u2019m in my bed and she\u2019s a hostage?\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"live-blog-post-content css-19v2tje eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-41990fe2\">Daniella Gilboa<\/h2>\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-small css-1189og3 e1g7ppur0\" aria-label=\"media\" role=\"group\"><figcaption data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\" class=\"css-13ytnnu ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">A photo released by Hostages Family Forum showing Daniella Gilboa.<\/span><span class=\"css-14fe1uy e1z0qqy90\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Credit&#8230;<\/span><span><span aria-hidden=\"false\">via Associated Press<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Daniella Gilboa, 20, is from Petah Tikva, in central Israel. In July, Ms. Gilboa\u2019s family released a video made by Hamas that they had received months earlier, which <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/proof-of-life-video-of-captive-idf-field-observer-released-to-public\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">showed her and Ms. Ariev in captivity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">In an interview with Maariv, an Israeli newspaper, the father of Ms. Gilboa\u2019s boyfriend said the family was feeling mixed emotions over the video. \u201cIn her family, there is a feeling of relief alongside a feeling of disappointment,\u201d he was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"live-blog-post-content css-19v2tje eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-271839b0\">Naama Levy<\/h2>\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-small css-1189og3 e1g7ppur0\" aria-label=\"media\" role=\"group\"><figcaption data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\" class=\"css-13ytnnu ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">Naama Levy, a soldier who was seized from her army base in southern Israel, pictured in this photograph released by Bring Them Home Now.<\/span><span class=\"css-14fe1uy e1z0qqy90\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Credit&#8230;<\/span><span><span aria-hidden=\"false\">via Reuters<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Naama Levy, who is also now 20, texted her mother from a safe room on the day of the attack, according to a website focused on advocating her release. \u201cI\u2019ve never heard anything like this,\u201d <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bring-naama-levy-home.org\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">she wrote<\/a>. A Hamas video of her being taken to Gaza circulated on social media shortly after the attack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">In an interview for a documentary about sexual violence during the attack, Ayelet Levy Sachar, Naama\u2019s mother, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/30\/opinion\/screams-before-silence-sheryl-sandberg.html\" title=\"\">spoke of her daughter\u2019s kidnapping<\/a>. She was seen in a Hamas video in pajama bottoms, drenched in blood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cThey\u2019re grabbing her by the hair, and she\u2019s all, like, messed up,\u201d she said, adding, \u201cWe would like to think that this couldn\u2019t be possible. That nobody would harm a young girl. But then you just see it there.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/01\/25\/world\/israel-hamas-hostages-cease-fire\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hamas released four female soldiers on Saturday as part of a hostage-for-prisoner exchange, more than a year after the 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