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We are relieved that those released can be reunited with their loved ones. Ensuring their safe return and providing the necessary care at this critical moment is a great responsibility,
said Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross More families are waiting anxiously for their loved ones to come home. We call on all parties to continue to adhere to their commitments to ensure the next operations can take place safely. Our teams are ready to continue to implement the agreement so that more hostages and detainees are released, and more families reunited."
We assess that Hamas has recruited almost as many new militants as it has lost. That is a recipe for an enduring insurgency and perpetual war,
Acknowledgment of Receipt of Israeli Prisoners.” ... I, the representative of the International Red Cross, acknowledge that I have received from the Izz Eddin al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, a total of three prisoners,”
During the handover, a Red Cross representative was asked to sign an Arabic-language document that read ... The document stated I came back to life".
Emily earlier posted a heartfelt message to her Instagram account, in which she said Romi, Doron and Emily - an entire nation embraces you, with congratulations on your homecoming. This moment was achieved thanks to the sacrifice and fighting of our heroic fighters - the heroes of Israel. I promise: We will bring everyone home!"
Netanyahu said in his X post I feel like at last I found some water to drink after being lost in the desert for 15 months,
I would like you to tell them: Romi, Doron and Emily – an entire nation embraces you. Welcome home,
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a commander by phone All the resistance factions are staying in spite of Netanyahu,
Today the guns in Gaza have gone silent,
United States President Joe Biden said on his last full day in office, welcoming a truce that had eluded US diplomacy for more than a year We are in pain, deep pain and it is time to hug one another and cry,
An entire nation embraces you,
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said We welcome the release of three hostages in Gaza, including British national Emily Damari, and thank Qatar, Egypt and the US for their support in bringing these individuals' and their families' horrific ordeal to an end
I'm happy to report that they are in stable condition
A member of the hospital staff said The release of three hostages today is wonderful and long-overdue news after months of agony for them and their families
UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said I want to thank everyone who never stopped fighting for Emily throughout this horrendous ordeal, and who never stopped saying her name,
We are committed to dismantling Hamas and bringing every hostage home.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made clear this ceasefire is temporary, emphasising The ceasefire is something that I hope will work out,
said Tomer Mizrahi, in Sderot, a town in southern Israel within sight of Gaza that was attacked on Oct 7. They (Israel) love life,
In one of his notorious speeches, Hezbollah's former leader, Hassan Nasrallah, shed light on a fundamental difference between Israel and her enemies ... he said of Israel I listened to those voices, many of whom I respected a great deal, but I concluded abandoning the course I was on would not have led us to the ceasefire we are seeing today, but instead it would have risked the wider war in the region so many feared."
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