Hamas freed four Israeli female soldiers in exchange for 200 Palestinian prisoners. The release, part of a ceasefire agreement aimed at ending the ongoing conflict in Gaza, took place amidst large crowds in Gaza City's Palestine Square.
Crowds of Gazans gathered in Palestine square in Gaza City on January 25 as The Palestinian militant group Hamas released four Israeli female soldiers who will be exchanged for 200 Palestinian prisoners incarcerated in Israeli jails.
ICRC members signed a document with one Hamas fighter on a stage set up in the square to facilitate the hostages release.
The four soldiers - Karina Ariev, Daniela Gilboa, Naama Levy and Liri Albag - were all stationed at an observation post on the edge of Gaza and abducted by Hamas fighters who overran their base during the attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
The Israeli military said it had received the four in Gaza. They are being released under a ceasefire agreement aimed at ending the 15-month-old war in Gaza.
The ceasefire agreement, worked out after months of on-off negotiations brokered by Qatar and Egypt and backed by the United States, has halted the fighting for the first time since a truce that lasted just a week in November 2023.
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