Four female Israeli hostages seen for first time as they are freed by Hamas

These prisoners should have been released through a bigger deal that ends the conflict, that brings peace through negotiations, through ending occupation, but the harsh reality in Palestine is that as we talk, occupation continues,

Qarmout told Al Jazeera

Israeli authorities, however, regularly arrest Palestinian children during nighttime raids, interrogate them without a guardian present, hold them for longer periods before bringing them before a judge and hold those as young as 12 in lengthy pretrial detention,

Omar Shakir, the Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch, wrote in November 2023

My understanding is that the terrorist who murdered my brother will be deported outside of Israel, to Turkey or Qatar,

Fuld said

Israel succumbed to humanitarian pressure at the most critical moment, providing aid that effectively reinforced Hamas’s civilian control in Gaza,

Cherki said

Many of the leaders of Hamas who orchestrated the Oct. 7 massacre were among those released in previous deals,

Bar told the security cabinet, while still recommending going ahead with the deal

For me, as a citizen of the state of Israel and a citizen of the world, I think we need to focus on life. And this is why I think the war should end. I think the cycle of violence should end,

Machikawa added

I am worried because this is the one and only chance to bring everyone home,

said Efrat Machikawa, 56, whose uncle Gadi Moses, 80 was taken captive from Kibbutz Nir Oz

We are dependent on Hamas to respect the terms of the deal; they failed to do it today,

he told The Independent, fearing they were doing this for “leverage”.

I will not go back to the tent,

Zaki Kashef, 26, waiting on the coastal road to return north from Deir Al-Balah where he had been sheltering with his family for more than a year, told Reuters via a chat app

They’ll continue remotely recruiting and establishing terrorist cells,

he said

My wife and I, along with the entire people of Israel, embrace Liri and her friends who have been released in great light,

he told Shira and Eli Elbag in a phone call

This phase began with the safe transfer of four hostages from Gaza to Israeli authorities,

it said in a statement

I am happy that with our great efforts, that of the IDF and all those concerned, we have truly succeeded in bringing this about. This is truly a great day. We are working to free all the others,

he added

The ceasefire is a window of hope,

he wrote

A short while ago Liri Elbag, Daniela Gilboa, Karina Ariev and Naama Levi arrived at Belinson hospital,

said Dr. Hagar Mizrachi, an Israeli Health Ministry official

Danny Danonu.N. Ambassador

Hamas and other terrorist organizations infiltrated UNRWA a long time ago,

Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon wrote in a letter to U.N. chief Antonio Guterres

This work was carried out at the request of all parties involved and in close coordination with them,

it said

I thank the people of Gaza,

said Khalil Jabarieh from Jenin, as a short burst of celebratory gunfire pierced the air

I’m struggling to find the words,

he said of his newfound freedom after nine years in prison

Every day they beat us, they used dogs to attack us in the prison,

Khudjury said of his time in Naqab prison, where the Israeli prison service cut water and electricity supplies five days after Hamas’s attack