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🎧 Israel, Hamas conduct third round of prisoner-hostage exchange
💬 Moving on to the situation in the Middle East,.
Israel and Hamas on Thursday conducted their third prisoner-hostage exchange.
The latest exchange saw three Israelis being released in exchange for 1-hundred-10 Palestinians.
However, the exchange did not go smoothly, leading to criticism from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Our Lee Seung-jae has more.
Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas conducted their third prisoner-hostage exchange on Thursday.
The exchange saw 8 hostages being released, comprising five Thai nationals and three Israelis.
In exchange, Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners.
The first hostage released on Thursday was a 20-year-old female Israeli soldier Agam Berger, who was among the seven female soldiers taken hostage from her unit on October 7th, 2023.
The two other Israeli hostages released on the day were 29-year-old Arbel Yehoud and 80-year-old Gadi Moses.
Meanwhile,.. among the 110 Palestinian prisoners who were released in exchange for the hostages, was a high-ranking militant officer who had been sentenced to life in prison.
Another prisoner was given 13 life sentences for killing 12 Israeli citizens.
However, the exchange saw a bit of a delay, when one of the hostages, Yehoud, was surrounded by a large crowd of Gazans.
Hamas had to build a wall around her to get her to the bus, that would eventually take her back to her family.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called this a violation of their agreement, and described the scene as "shocking."
The prisoners were released following the confirmation that the three Israeli nationals were safe.
The latest round was among the agreed-upon 33 hostages and 19-hundred Palestinian prisoners to be exchanged during a six-week ceasefire.
Seven Israeli hostages and 290 Palestinian prisoners were released in the two previous rounds.
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🎧 Israel, Hamas conduct third round of prisoner-hostage exchange
💬 Moving on to the situation in the Middle East,.
Israel and Hamas on Thursday conducted their third prisoner-hostage exchange.
The latest exchange saw three Israelis being released in exchange for 1-hundred-10 Palestinians.
However, the exchange did not go smoothly, leading to criticism from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Our Lee Seung-jae has more.
Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas conducted their third prisoner-hostage exchange on Thursday.
The exchange saw 8 hostages being released, comprising five Thai nationals and three Israelis.
In exchange, Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners.
The first hostage released on Thursday was a 20-year-old female Israeli soldier Agam Berger, who was among the seven female soldiers taken hostage from her unit on October 7th, 2023.
The two other Israeli hostages released on the day were 29-year-old Arbel Yehoud and 80-year-old Gadi Moses.
Meanwhile,.. among the 110 Palestinian prisoners who were released in exchange for the hostages, was a high-ranking militant officer who had been sentenced to life in prison.
Another prisoner was given 13 life sentences for killing 12 Israeli citizens.
However, the exchange saw a bit of a delay, when one of the hostages, Yehoud, was surrounded by a large crowd of Gazans.
Hamas had to build a wall around her to get her to the bus, that would eventually take her back to her family.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called this a violation of their agreement, and described the scene as "shocking."
The prisoners were released following the confirmation that the three Israeli nationals were safe.
The latest round was among the agreed-upon 33 hostages and 19-hundred Palestinian prisoners to be exchanged during a six-week ceasefire.
Seven Israeli hostages and 290 Palestinian prisoners were released in the two previous rounds.
🎧 @eng_listening