The Islamist Hamas has released further hostages in the Gaza strip. A live broadcast on television showed how the terrorist organization initially In Rafah in the south of the coastal area, two men handed over. Four more should follow later. Hoofed and armed Hamas fighters in uniforms staged the handover of Avera Mengistu and Tal Schoham again with a stage, loud music and Palestinian flags. Schoham was forced to say a few words. The area around the stage, ruins of houses, testified to the war. Four more hostages are to be handed over later in Nuseirrat in the central section of the Gaza Strip.

Avera Mengistu (39) is a long -term geisel of Hamas. Tal Schoham (40) was kidnapped from Israel 16 months ago, like Omer Schem-Tov (22), Omer Wenkert (23) and Elija Cohen (27), which are also to be released today. In addition, the release of Hisham al-Sajid (36) was promised. Like Mengistu, he had crossed the border in the Gaza Strip a decade ago on his own, both should suffer from psychological problems.

In return, according to Palestinian information as part of a ceasefire agreement, Israel should 602 Palestinians. Including 50 with lifelong prison terms.

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Palestinian terrorists kidnapped Omer Schem-Tov, Omer Wenkert and Elija Cohen from the Nova Music Festival in the Negev desert. According to the Forum of Geisel families, Cohen's partner survived the massacre, in which she hid under corpse. Cohen should chained to hostage throughout his entire have been, as Israeli media reported, citing reports of recently released hostages.

Tal Schoham, who is also an Austrian citizen, was kidnapped with his wife, two children and other female relatives. Women and children were released in November 2023 as part of an agreement between Israel and Hamas.

Al-Sajid is an Israeli Arab who crossed the border in the 2015 Gaza strip on his own. The same applies to Mengistu born in Ethiopia, which has been under the violence of Hamas since 2014. Hamas also published recordings of the two, in 2022 Al-Sajid was shown in a bed with oxygen mask. This caused horror in Israel.

Hamas left three of the six hostages earlier than planned free. According to the ceasefire agreement, three men were to be released only next weekend. The Islamists wanted the release of dozens of rank -high members of the terrorist organization from Israeli prisons to fail at the last minute, several media reported. According to the American news site “Axios”, there are fears both on the side of the Palestinian terrorist organization and within the Israeli government that the first six -week phase of ceasefire could not stop as agreed until the beginning of March – and important demands will then remain unpleasant.