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Mother Doron Katz Asher, 34, and her daughters Raz, four, and Aviv, two, were among 13 Israelis to have been released by Hamas yesterday.
The Israel-Hamas war has now entered its 50th day. The Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Israel on Oct 7, killing around 1,200 people, injuring thousands, and taking over 200 people as hostages back to Gaza. Hamas stated that a group of 13 hostages were handed over as part of the temporary truce on Friday (Nov 24).
Six elderly people, three mothers and their four children -- here is what we know about the 13 hostages released Friday by Hamas from accounts by their relatives to AFP and in Israeli media.
Released with her mother and little sister after almost 50 days in captivity in Gaza, four-year-old Raz Asher sits in her father's arms on a hospital bed in Israel. Raz was released with her two-year-old sister, Aviv and mother Doron on Friday, in the first stage of the Israel-Hamas hostage deal that is set to see another 14 hostages, women and children, released on Saturday. If the deal goes through as intended, it will see the release of 50 Israeli hostages in return for 150 Palestinian women and teenage prisoners during four days, in which fighting in the Gaza Strip is paused and aid...
There were no reports of major flare-ups as the temporary cease-fire entered a second day. Hamas was expected to release Israeli hostages in exchange for 42 Palestinians held in Israeli jails.