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After 48 days of captivity, 24 hostages in Gaza were freed by Hamas as part of a deal between the Palestinian Islamist group and Israel.

Among those freed were 13 Israelis, 10 Thais and one Filipino handed over to the Red Cross, who were taken out of Gaza through a border crossing with Egypt.

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Israel freed 39 Palestinians — 24 women and 15 teenagers — from Israeli prisons, who were taken to the West Bank.

In Israel, hundreds of people eagerly awaited the arrival of the hostages, who were killed in a surprise attack on Israeli territory on October 7 that killed 1,200 and took 240 hostages.

Following an agreement reached this week between Hamas and Israel, the radical Islamist group will release 50 hostages during a four-day ceasefire that took effect this Friday, the first since October 7.

For its part, Israel will release 150 Palestinian prisoners, most of them women and youths.

Daniel Aloni and his 6-year-old daughter Emilia were abducted on October 7 while visiting their family in Kibbutz Nir Oz.

During the attack, Daniel’s last message to his family was that “there are terrorists in his house” and that he feared he might not survive, the Hostage and Missing Relatives Forum reported. Hostages.

78-year-old Margalit Moses is suffering from cancer. She was also abducted by Hamas fighters from Kibbutz Nir Oz.

According to the forum, Moses is a nature lover who loves hiking despite his health issues.

She was also known to regularly knit sweaters and sweaters for her grandchildren.

Adina Moshe, 72, was forcibly evicted from her home in Kibbutz Nir Oz after her husband, Said Moshe, was killed in a Hamas attack.

She was identified by her family in a video seen between two Hamas fighters on a motorcycle.

He has four children: Maya, Yale, Sasan and Amos.

“He will return to raise his grandchildren living on the kibbutz and resume his hobbies of cooking, growing plants and reading books,” the forum said.

Doron Katz Asher, 34, and his two daughters, Raz Asher (4) and Aviv Asher (2) were also released.

They were held hostage while staying with relatives near the Gaza border.

Doran’s husband, Yoni, saw a video of his wife and daughters being loaded into a truck with other abductees. He also said he traced Doran’s phone to Gaza.

The Munder family has only recovered three of the four kidnapped members.

Ruth Munder (78), Keren Munder (54) and her son Ohad Munder (9) were handed over to the Red Cross. However, there is no news of Ruth’s husband Avraham Munder (78).

According to Israeli officials, Nir Ozil’s family was also abducted.

Channa Peri (79) was abducted along with her son Nadav Popplewell (51), according to Channa’s daughter Aylet Swaditsky.

Ayelet was on the phone when armed men barged in. He said the captors sent him photos of two of his cousins ​​with weapons in the background. Natav was not released in this exchange.

Another of those freed, Hanna Katsir, 76, was seen on November 9 in a hostage video released by the militant group Islamic Jihad.

In it, he is sitting in a wheelchair and addressing the camera. He was abducted along with his son Elad Katz (47) in Nir Oz, but was not extradited.

Yafa Aadhar (85) was kidnapped in Nir Oz and released in the first exchange.

Her granddaughter Adwa saw a video of her being taken to Gaza surrounded by four armed men.

Yaffa’s grandson Tamir, 38, who was guarding the kibbutz as part of Nir Oz’s emergency team, was taken to Gaza, but there was no news of him as of Friday.

A spokesman for Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which was part of the talks between Hamas and Israel, said that in addition to 13 Israeli citizens, ten Thais and one Filipino citizen had been released.

They were taken to the Tel Aviv Medical Center for a check-up.

Earlier, Thailand’s prime minister said Hamas had freed 12 of its citizens, but their names were not immediately confirmed.

As part of the deal, 24 Palestinian women and 15 teenagers were released from Israeli prisons this Friday.

They were taken to the West Bank, where hundreds of people greeted them with joy.

Mara Baker was arrested in 2015 at the age of 16 and sentenced to eight and a half years in prison for stabbing a Border Police agent.

“This deal comes after many deaths. “It’s unhappy for us,” he told reporters.

Palestinians were jailed for crimes ranging from stone-throwing to attempted murder. Some have already been convicted, while others are awaiting trial.

With Qatar’s mediation, Israel agreed to release a total of 150 Palestinians from prisons and allowed for a significant increase in humanitarian aid to Gaza.

About 60 trucks carrying medical supplies, fuel and food entered the besieged Palestinian territory from Egypt this Friday.