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Now she is waiting for her father to come back,
Please let my son come home safely,
There is more hope for me now.”
But with Sunday’s release of hostages, she said Give them the chance to return home as well. I’m worried about all the Thai hostages, that they might not return home,
I worry about how they are living over there. I want to hear how things are over there, what their conditions are. We don’t even know if they are alive,
We are delighted to finally say that Romi is a former hostage. The reality we summoned and acted (hoped) for her has materialised and we became a family of returnees,
We also wanted to thank the incoming US President, Mr. Donald Trump, thanks to his brave stand with Israel and strengthening the human good in the world, has pushed for this moment,
We’ve reached this moment after too much time and without (US President Donald) Trump’s involvement it wouldn’t happen,
said Yamit Ashkenazi, sister of released hostage Doron Steinbrecher I open with thanks to the Israeli government and to the Prime Minister (Benjamin Netanyahu), with courage and values, a decision was taken to move forward an important process like no other, returning the sons and daughters to our borders,
said Meirav Leshem Gonen, mother of released hostage Romi Gonen We are committed to dismantling Hamas and bringing every hostage home.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made clear this ceasefire is temporary, emphasising This is the agreement and must be adhered to,
the official told Reuters Based on these two lists, the actual implementation will be carried out on Sunday,
It would be the best present we could have for the deal to be agreed and they return home.”
Ahead of the deal, his cousin Eylon Keshet, 31, said We miss them so much. And I am terrified, even of the best case scenario, because if they all come home alive they will come back as very broken people as we know of the hideous conditions that they're kept in.”
They’re coming in.”
Ofri’s last ever communication with her brother was a heart-stopping text she got from him at 9:43am that day which read [T ... T]oday the guns in Gaza are silent" and this deal was "one of the toughest negotiations I have been a part of."
President Joe Biden spoke late on Sunday morning, praising the deal There's this double feeling we're living in, on the one hand, this feeling of freedom, that we thank everyone for, and on the other hand, this pain, of losing so many Palestinian martyrs
Khalida Jarrar, a leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine who was arrested in late 2023 and is the most prominent of the Palestinian detainees freed, told The Associated Press This is a moment of tremendous hope...Fragile, yet vital."
U.N. humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher has said All the prisoners being released today feel like family to us. They are part of us, even if they're not blood relatives,
Amanda Abu Sharkh, 23, told AFP We're trying to reach a million people within the shortest possible time,
said its deputy executive director, Carl Skau
