In the early hours of this Tuesday, a group of 33 Palestinians kidnapped in Israeli prisons were released as part of the ceasefire agreed between the Islamic resistance movement Hamas and the State of Israel.
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Israeli authorities confirmed that three women and 30 minors who were abducted in Katziot, Nafha, Ramon, Damon, Megiddo and Ofer prisons have been released.
The 33 Palestinians were taken by the Red Cross to the town of Beitunia, west of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, where a crowd celebrated their release.
The released young people told the media that they were subjected to various tortures and humiliations by the prison authorities of the Zionist entity.
Earlier, Israeli forces repressed a crowd of Palestinians in the city of Beitunia who were awaiting the release of their relatives.
In this context, a young Palestinian was murdered by a shot in the chest by the occupying army and another 16-year-old boy was injured in the foot by live fire.
As part of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, the Hamas movement released a group of 11 Israeli hostages later in the day.
The people were handed over to representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross in good health, said Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari.
According to the information, among those released are three French citizens, two Germans and six Argentines, all with dual citizenship.
Hamas noted that 90 Israelis, including civilians and foreigners, are still being held in the Gaza Strip, while several died in Israeli bombings and still lie under the rubble.
On this day, the number of Israeli hostages released by Hamas reached 50, while Israel has already released a total of 150 kidnapped Palestinians, as a result of the agreements in the ceasefire that began last Friday and was extended for two more days.
After Hamas launched Operation Al-Aqsa Deluge on October 7, Israel imposed a permanent siege on the Gaza Strip that resulted in the murder of more than 15,000 Palestinians, more than 10,000 of whom were children and women.