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🔴 Live: Israel, Hamas set for more hostage-prisoner swaps on third day of Gaza truce
Hamas fighters were set Sunday to release a third group of Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, a day after freeing captives including a young woman snatched from a desert rave. The expected swap comes as regional mediators Qatar and Egypt express hope of an extension to the four-day truce between Israel and Hamas. Follow our live coverage for the latest updates. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).
Issued on: 26/11/2023 – 07:44
Modified: 26/11/2023 – 08:30
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A Red Cross vehicle carrying Israeli hostages passes the Gaza Strip crossing into Egypt in Rafah on November 25, 2023.
A Red Cross vehicle carrying Israeli hostages passes the Gaza Strip crossing into Egypt in Rafah on November 25, 2023. © Fatima Shbair, AP
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Summary:
A third round of hostage-prisoner swaps is expected Sunday, the third day of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
Hamas released 13 Israelis and four Thai hostages late on Saturday after a tense standoff. Israel said it in turn freed 39 Palestinian prisoners.
The UN said 248 trucks carrying desperately needed humanitarian aid had entered the Gaza Strip since the start of the truce, adding that 61 trucks had reached the worst-hit northern part of the enclave on Saturday.
Six Palestinians, including one minor, were shot dead by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank late Saturday and early Sunday, according to the Palestinian health ministry.
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Israel-Ireland tensions continue over Irish PM’s social media post
Diplomatic tension between Israel and Ireland has resurfaced following a social media post by Irish premier Leo Varadkar, which prompted fierce criticism from Israel’s foreign minister.
Varadkar posted about the release of Israeli-Irish dual national Emily Hand, who turned 9 while being held hostage in the Gaza Strip.
“This is a day of enormous joy and relief for Emily Hand and her family. An innocent child who was lost has now been found and returned, and we breathe a massive sigh of relief. Our prayers have been answered,” the Irish Taoiseach (prime minister) wrote on X.
The post prompted a rebuke from Israel’s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Sunday, who accused Varadkar of having lost his “moral compass” and “connection to reality”.
“Amelie Hand is not lost, maybe you have lost your moral compass and your connection to reality,” Cohen wrote in a fierce post on the social media platform. “Amelie Hand was kidnapped by a terrorist organisation worse than Islamic State after her stepmother was murdered. Amelie and over 30 other Israeli children were kidnapped by Hamas, and you are trying to legitimise it. Shame on you!”
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‘Bittersweet moment for Israel’ after tense hostage standoff
The tense cease-fire between Israel and Hamas appeared to be back on track early Sunday after the release of a second group of militant-held hostages and Palestinians from Israeli prisons, but the swap followed an hourslong delay that underscored the truce’s fragility.
ABC correspondent Jordana Miller reports for FRANCE 24 from Jerusalem.
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Six Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in West Bank, Palestinian officials say
Six Palestinians, including one minor, were shot dead by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank late Saturday and early Sunday, according to the Palestinian health ministry.
Five of the deaths occurred in the city of Jenin and the sixth was in Yatma, a village near Nablus city. Six others were injured during the shooting in Jenin, the ministry said.
The Israeli military spokesperson’s office said it was checking the reports.
The official Palestinian news agency WAFA said Israeli forces stormed Jenin “from several directions, firing bullets and surrounding government hospitals and the headquarters of the Red Crescent Society”.
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248 truckloads of humanitarian aid have arrived in Gaza since start of truce
A total of 248 trucks carrying humanitarian aid have arrived in the Gaza Strip since the truce came into force on Friday, the UN has said. Of these, 61 vehicles have brought medical supplies, food and water to the north of the enclave.
Eleven ambulances, three coaches and a flatbed vehicle have been delivered to the Al-Shifa hospital, the largest in the Gaza Strip, “to help with evacuations”, the United Nations agency responsible for humanitarian coordination said in a press release.
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The 13 Israeli hostages released on Saturday
Families and children kidnapped from Israel’s southern Kibbutz Beeri were among the 13 Israeli hostages released by Hamas on Saturday, according to accounts given to AFP by their relatives, Israeli press, and the Hostage Families Forum.
A group of 13 Israeli hostages were also freed on Friday under the agreement, which is supposed to last four days and allow for 50 Israelis and 150 Palestinians to be freed.
Israel released 39 Palestinian prisoners on Friday, and a further 39 on Saturday night.
Read more: Who are the 13 Israeli hostages released by Hamas on Saturday?
People participate in a show of solidarity with hostages being held in the Gaza Strip in Tel Aviv on November 25, 2023. © Leo Correa, AP
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Key developments from Saturday:
The Israeli military confirmed that Hamas had released 13 Israelis and four Thai nationals in the second round of swaps under a cease-fire deal.
Egypt said it had received positive signals from all parties over a possible extension of the Gaza truce for one or two days.
The Palestine Red Crescent said it had received 196 trucks loaded with aid through Gaza’s Rafah crossing with Egypt on Friday.
A container ship owned by an Israeli billionaire came under attack by a suspected Iranian drone in the Indian Ocean, a US defence official said. The drone exploded, causing damage to the ship but not injuring any of its crew.
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Welcome to our live coverage of the third day of a tense truce between Hamas and Israel.
The Islamist militant group is set Sunday to release a third group of Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, a day after freeing captives including a young woman snatched from a desert rave.
In a sign of the fragility of the exchanges, the latest swap Saturday was delayed for hours after Hamas accused Israel of breaching its side of the deal that led to a four-day ceasefire in the seven-week-old war.
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Key developments on Saturday, November 25
The Israeli military said on Saturday that the Palestinian militant group Hamas had released 13 Israelis and four Thai nationals in the second round of swaps under a cease-fire deal.
Egypt said it had received positive signals from all parties over a possible extension of the Gaza truce for one or two days.
The Palestine Red Crescent said it had received 196 trucks loaded with aid through Gaza’s Rafah crossing with Egypt on Friday.
A container ship owned by an Israeli billionaire came under attack by a suspected Iranian drone in the Indian Ocean, a US defence official said. The drone exploded, causing damage to the ship but not injuring any of its crew.
For more, read yesterday’s blog here.
About casualty figures from Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry:
Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, the largest in the enclave, receives data from every hospital in the strip. Hospital administrators say they keep records of every wounded person occupying a bed and every body arriving at a morgue. The ministry also collects from other sources including the Palestinian Red Crescent.
The health ministry does not report how Palestinians were killed, whether from Israeli airstrikes and artillery barrages or errant Palestinian rocket fire. It describes all casualties as victims of “Israeli aggression”. The ministry also does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.
Throughout four wars and numerous skirmishes between Israel and Hamas, UN agencies have cited the Hamas-run health ministry’s death tolls in regular reports. The International Committee of the Red Cross and Palestinian Red Crescent also use the numbers.
In the aftermath of war, the UN humanitarian office has published final death tolls based on its own research into medical records. The UN’s counts have largely been consistent with the Gaza health ministry’s, with small discrepancies.
For more on the Gaza health ministry’s tolls, click here.
(FRANCE 24 with AP)
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)
