Hamas separated a mom and her daughter within the second launch of hostages on Saturday, violating what Israel says was an settlement to not cut up households, and displaying a level of cruelty that undermines its effort at a extra humanitarian façade.
הילה רותם בת ה-13, שאמה עדיין בשבי חמאס, מתאחדת עם משפחתה pic.twitter.com/v5rgpfLg0p
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Hamas launched 13 Israeli hostages — eight kids and 5 ladies — and 4 Thai nationals, in return for an Israeli launch of 39 convicted feminine and juvenile Palestinian terrorists, plus extra gas and provides for the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli hostages launched this night:
Hila Rotem Shoshani, 13, Be’eri
Emily Hand, 9, Be’eri
Maya Regev, 21, Herzliya
Noam Or, 17, Be’eri
Alma Or, 13, Be’eri
Noga Weiss, 53, Be’eri
Shiri Weiss, 18, Be’eri
Sharon Avigdori, 52,Kfar Saba
Noam Avigdori, 12, Kfar Saba
Shoshan…— Lahav Harkov (@LahavHarkov) November 25, 2023
Among the many hostages launched was Hila Rotem, 12, whose mom, Raya Rotem, 54, was not launched. The Occasions of Israel experiences that Israel believes that to be a violation of the settlement with Hamas, which is to see a minimum of 50 hostages launched over a four-day pause in combating.
One other hostage was twin Irish-Israeli citizen Emily Hand, who turned 9 years previous in captivity. Her father had initially been instructed that she had died within the October 7 assault; he mentioned it was higher that she had died than must endure torture by Hamas.
When it was reported that she was nonetheless alive, he prayed for her launch — and it lastly got here on Saturday night time. A photograph of the reunion of father and daughter confirmed her wanting extraordinarily pale however relieved, holding a teddy bear that had been given to her.
תום הנד, שכבר התאבל על בתו אמילי, חובק אותה לאחר שחרורה משבי חמאס pic.twitter.com/l8yE3cMikB
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One of many hostages, Maya Regev, needed to be taken to Soroka Hospital in Be’er Sheva (Beersheba) for pressing medical remedy.
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