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Movies Re: 24 Hostages & 39 Palestinian Prisoners EXCHANGED as Aid Enters Gaza-Food/Water/Me

Qatar & Egypt Arrange Israel-Hamas Fighting Pause - 24 Young Children and Elderly Hostages Released; Israel Releases 39 Palestinian Prisoners From Israeli Prisons

7000 Still Missing Including 4700 Women and Children


Biggest Aid Convoy From Egypt, Since War Started, Enters Gaza; Hundreds of Thousands Get Food, Water and Medical Supplies

BBC 25 NOV 2023





Great-grandmothers and two-year-old girl among 24 hostages released by Hamas



Twenty-four hostages have been released by Hamas and are now back in Israel

Among them are 13 Israelis, 10 Thais and one Filipino, says Qatar, which has been mediating between Israel and Hamas. The Israelis include four children - aged two, four, six and nine - as well as an 85-year-old woman










Vans carrying Palestinian detainees at the Israeli military prison



Palestinian detainees held by Israel have now been released to the West Bank as part of the deal

The group is made up of 24 women and 15 teenage boys - the majority were being held in pre-trial detention

Under the terms of the deal, a total of 50 Israeli hostages and 150 Palestinian detainees are meant to be released over four days during a temporary ceasefire










Biggest Aid Convoy Since War Started Enters Gaza From Egypt


How the Israel-Hamas Hostage Deal Came Together..


In the days immediately after the 7 October attack on Israel, a secret cell was set up to work for the release of some 240 hostages captured by Hamas.

So began an "extremely excruciating five-week process" involving four countries, co-ordination between spy masters and high stakes calls.

Israel and Hamas have now agreed that 50 Israeli women and children will be released over a four-day pause in the fighting, in exchange for 150 Palestinian prisoners, also women and children.

As the breakthrough deal was announced, the official described to journalists how it happened.

Qatar spearheaded the effort, he said, approaching Israel with a proposal to establish a cell that would work quietly and intensely on the issue. Doha acted as the main channel to Hamas, but Egypt was also part of the complex negotiating arrangement.

The first breakthrough came on 23 October, when Hamas released two American women. That was the "pilot" project, said the administration official, which "proved the concept".

After that, efforts for a larger release began in earnest.

Israel delegated the head of Mossad, David Barnea, as its negotiator

The process was painfully protracted because messages had to be passed from Doha or Cairo to Hamas in Gaza and then back out again.


And the talks were highly technical, painstakingly hammering out details on corridors, surveillance, timeframes and total numbers.







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