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Both Israel and Hamas have declared that they will free women and children.
A four-day ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has been reached, during which part of the prisoners abducted during the October 7 Hamas attack would be exchanged for Palestinian detainees held by Israel.
What is known about the hostages and captives is as follows:
What is the number of prisoners and hostages getting freed?
During its raid on October 7, Hamas captured almost 200 prisoners. About fifty of these will be freed in accordance with the agreement reached on Wednesday. According to a senior US source who spoke to reporters under condition of anonymity, more than 50 hostages are expected to be released in all, according to Reuters.
Four prisoners that Hamas had freed in the days preceding the agreement. Israel claimed to have discovered the remains of two more hostages and freed one of the kidnapped soldiers.
150 Palestinian detainees must be freed from Israeli prisons as part of the agreement. Prior to October 7, 5,200 Palestinians were detained by Israel. Ninety-five women and 145 children were among the additional 3,000 people detained following the violence that started on October 7.
What is known regarding the release of the captives?
According to a statement provided by the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 50 hostages would be freed over the course of four days, including civilian women and children.
According to the Israeli authorities, at least half of all the prisoners held by Hamas are dual citizens or have foreign citizenship from about 40 countries, including the US, Thailand, the UK, France, Argentina, Germany, Chile, Spain, and Portugal.
Three US citizens are among the detainees set for release, according to a senior US official.
Among them are a three-year-old kid and two women whose parents perished in the first Hamas strike. Information on other nationalities’ hostages who are anticipated to be freed was not disclosed by the official.
Catherine Colonna, the minister of foreign affairs for France, stated on Wednesday that her country expects that the eight individuals it believes to be in captivity would be among those who are set free.
The detainees are allegedly being detained in Gaza in “safe places and tunnels,” according to Hamas.
The 85-year-old Yocheved Lifshitz, who had previously been let free by Hamas, stated that the prisoners were given medical attention and slept on mattresses on the tunnel floors.
According to the Israeli military, they possess proof that certain hostages are being kept in hospitals or underneath them. Additionally, the military announced on Sunday that Hamas assassinated soldier Noa Marciano at al-Shifa Hospital. Marciano’s body was found. She was killed, according to Hamas, by an Israeli airstrike.
On October 20, Judith Raanan, 59, and her 17-year-old daughter Natalie Raanan were let free by Hamas. On October 23, they freed Lifshitz, an Israeli woman, and Nurit Cooper, a 79-year-old.
Late on Tuesday, the Palestinian organization Islamic Jihad’s armed branch declared the death of an Israeli prisoner. The Israeli government is under pressure from prisoners’ families to release their loved ones.What is known regarding the release of Israeli prisoners?
While the Israeli Ministry of Justice produced a list of 300 Palestinian inmates who may be freed, Hamas claimed that Israel had agreed to release 150 prisoners.
The list includes thirty-three names of adult women, with teenage males making up the majority of the remaining entries.
The majority of the detainees on the Israeli list were accused of violent offenses, trespassing, and endangering security when they were apprehended between 2021 and 2023.
Administrative detention, in which thousands of Palestinians are imprisoned for an unlimited period of time without being tried or charged, is a practice used in Israeli jails.
According to a July study by Save the Children, children detained in Israel suffer from maltreatment. The abuse can take many different forms, such as physical and psychological abuse or sexual assault. According to the study, some people lack access to food, water, and sleep.
According to the study, “stone-throwing is the main alleged crime for these detentions, which can carry a 20-year sentence in prison for Palestinian children.”
SOURCE:-ALJAZEERA
