A Frenzied mob of Gazans was seen jeering and threatening hostages as Hamas released three more Israeli captives as part of a hostages-for-terrorists deal.
Two female Israeli hostages, 29-year-old Arbel Yehoud and 20-year-old Agam Berger, and an 80-year-old male hostage, Gadi Mozes, were freed by the Gaza-based terror group after nearly 500 days of captivity.
The Islamic terror group also released five Thai nationals it kidnapped on October 7, 2023.
Angry mobs jeered hostages as they were made to pass through the demolished house of slain terrorist Yahya Sinwar, who headed Hamas and masterminded the October 7 massacre.
29-year-old Arbel was forced to make “her way to the waiting Red Cross vehicles, surrounded by a murderous mass of Gazans,” the Israeli news website Arutz Sheva noted.
The Israeli news website YNET reported:
Crowds of Gazans swarmed the vehicles carrying the hostages, near the ruins of the home of killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. Arbel and Gadi got out of the cars and walked through the chaotic crowd to the waiting Red Cross vehicles. The Red Cross cars remained in place, unable to move due to the violent crowds.
Israel responded to the depraved display by temporarily suspending the release of Palestinian terrorists slated for today. “According to political echelon directive, the release of Palestinian security prisoners has been suspended until further notice, following today’s chaos during the hostage release in Gaza,” the newspaper Israel Hayom reported.
The hostage release comes at a painful price. Israel is expected to release nearly 2000 Palestinian terrorists, many of them serving life sentences for murderous crimes, in exchange for 87 hostages — 57 of them thought to be alive. “Israel is to release another 110 Palestinian prisoners under the terms of the latest Gaza ceasefire,” the France24 TV channel reported Thursday.
Five Thai hostages were also released by Hamas. “According to information communicated by the Red Cross, seven hostages, including two Israelis and five foreign nationals, were transferred to them and are on their way toward” the Israeli ground troops in Gaza, the IDF confirmed.
The Times of Israel reported the details:
Israel names the five Thai hostages who have been handed over from the Red Cross to the IDF along with Israelis Arbel Yehoud and Gadi Mozes.The five Thai civilians, who were kidnapped on October 7, 2023, while working as agricultural laborers, are named as Thenna Pongsak, Sathian Suwannakham, Sriaoun Watchara, Seathao Bannawat and Rumnao Surasak, according to the Prime Minister’s Office.There is one other Thai hostage considered by Israel to be alive still in captivity: Pinta Nattapong. Two other Thai hostages, Sudthisak Rinthalak and Sonthaya Oakkharasri, have been declared by Israel to be dead, with their bodies held captive.
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