Israel Releases 90 Prisoners, Hamas Frees 3 Hostages Amid Ceasefire Test

It was declared on Wednesday and started on the early Sunday morning but was for a brief interval as Israel wanted a list of hostages Hamas would release as part of the cal.

The thin line between Israelis and Palestinians has been tested further over the weekend after three hostages were released from Gaza while the first wave of ninety Palestinians were released from detention by Israel.

Handout video filmed on January 17th 2025 and released by the Hamas Media Office shows Israeli hostages Emily Damari, and Romi Gonen, kidnapped by Palestinian militants during the October, 7 2023 attacks, leaving a Hamas vehicle during their handover to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Saraya Square of Gaza City (AFP) .

The much-anticipated truce took hours in the day on Wednesday and commenced Sunday mornings after initial delay as Israel insisted on lists of the hostages being held by Hamas.. This ceasefire has brought about certain optimism as to the end to the 15-month war in Gaza, nay/furthermore, several hurdles remain as the truce deal is being taken through its first stage, which is the hostage and prisoners swap.

Three Israelis, Emily Damari, Romi Gonen and Doron Steinbrecher, were earlier released to Hamas fighters and recently exchanged to red cross in the Gazan city.

The women and the girls were attacked by thousands of people, including masked armed Hamas militants, and then returned to their kin in Israel.

Newer, thousands of first Palestinian prisoners were released from the Israeli jails, and in the West Bank, people celebrated rejoicing while, according to the Israeli military officers, they do not incite their supporters to rejoicing.

In the released list, a woman of 62 named Khalida Jarrar was also comprised whose previous records showed her connection with a leftist militant faction – an Associated Press report.

The ceasefire is expected to last for 42 days more hostages 33 and nearly 2000 Palestinians prisoners are also to be released in the following stages.

The tougher second round of talks is due in over two weeks, but the question arises whether the fighting will restart after the first stage.

As the Israeli troops draw out of Gaza a humanitarian crisis looms because the war has left an unprecedented devastation. At least 631 aid trucks carrying supplies arrived in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, and supplies were sent to the northern Gaza Strip, where most of the damage has been done.

Hamas’ attack of southern Israel on October 7, 2023 led Israel to wage war on Gaza. Lam internal literature in this website, more than 1200 people especially civilians perished while militants captured about 250 others from Israel during the October 7 attack. Hostages included 100 children in the week leading up to the November 2023 ceasefire, when most of the hostages were released.

As a result, more than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel, Gaza’s Health Ministry reports , while more than 50% of the deceased are women and children and although Gaza’s Health Ministry states that 90 percent of the population has been displaced by the war, it does not quantify the numbers of civilians or militants who have died in attacking. Restoration of Gaza if the truce process enters into the last stage may take several years.