Gaza during the ceasefire: Snipers & refugees

 

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Third wave of Israeli hostages released - see photos from the ceasefire  

 

Martin Palmborg 

 

 Updated 08.30 | Published 2023-11-26 20.18  

 

A Red Cross bus transports Israeli hostages, November 25. 

1 / 2Photo: Fatima Shbair / AP  

 

The ceasefire between Hamas and Israel is now in its third day.  

About 10,000 women and children have been killed in Gaza in just under two months, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry. 

Now the exchange of Palestinian prisoners and people held hostage by Hamas continues. 

 

The four-day ceasefire is in its third day and many Palestinians are now fleeing south, guarded by heavily armed Israeli military, to what the Israeli army (IDF) calls "safe zones". 

 

This weekend there have been several deliveries of supplies to northern Gaza, the UN humanitarian agency Ocha states.  

 

Among other things, al-Shifa hospital has received ambulances and buses to be used in evacuations. The emergency deliveries, which take place with assistance from the Palestinian and Egyptian Red Crescent, began in connection with the ceasefire. Palestinians flee south on the third day of a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. An Israeli soldier guards Palestinians fleeing south. 

  

Palestinians flee south on the third day of a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. 1 / 2Photo: Hatem Moussa / AP  

 

During Sunday, Israel released 39 Palestinian prisoners.  

 

That announcement came after Hamas handed over 17 more hostages to the Red Cross. It is said to be 14 Israelis and 3 people of other nationalities, writes the BBC.

 

Also on Saturday night, there was an exchange of prisoners and hostages between Hamas and Israel.  

 

24 Palestinian women and 15 teenage boys were greeted by a cheering crowd when they arrived at Al Bireh in the West Bank, after being detained.

 

 

A Red Cross bus transporting Palestinian prisoners arrives in the occupied West Bank. Photo: Ahmad Gharabli / AFP 

 

At the same time, 13 Israelis and 4 Thais who had been held hostage were released. 

 

One of those released was 13-year-old Hila Rotem Shoshani.  

 

She was taken in by her uncle, after being kidnapped from her home during the 7 October attacks. But her mother, Raaya Rotem, is still being held hostage by Hamas, the Wall Street Journal reports.  

 

 

Hila Rotem Shoshani is embraced by her uncle after being released. 

1 / 2Photo: AP