Launch comes after mediator Qatar says Israel-Hamas truce in Gaza prolonged by two days.
The Israeli navy says 11 hostages have been launched by the Palestinian armed group Hamas and are on their strategy to Israel, the most recent in a series of exchanges throughout a four-day humanitarian pause.
“Based mostly on data that was acquired from the Pink Cross, 11 hostages are at present on their strategy to Israeli territory,” the Israeli navy mentioned in an announcement on Monday.
A spokesman for the Ministry of International Affairs of Qatar, which has performed a key position in mediation efforts, mentioned these launched had been six Argentinians, three French residents and two Germans.
The discharge of the hostages, a number of the roughly 240 individuals taken captive by Hamas in lethal assaults on southern Israel on October 7, comes after Qatar and Hamas mentioned that an settlement has been reached to further extend the preliminary four-day truce.
Qatar’s International Ministry mentioned on Monday that Israel and Hamas had reached a deal to increase their truce for an extra two days, providing much-needed respite for Palestinians in Gaza, who’ve been exhausted by weeks of relentless Israeli bombardment, and hope for Israelis with family members held captive who they hope to see return home.
Over the previous a number of days, Palestinian teams in Gaza have launched captives in alternate for the discharge of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons, lots of whom are ladies and kids who’ve been held with out trial.
On Sunday, Hamas launched 17 extra captives – 14 Israelis and three Thais – the best quantity thus far. The entire variety of captives launched since preventing started on October 7 now stands at 62, most of them for the reason that non permanent pause within the preventing started on Friday.
Israel has mentioned that it’ll lengthen the truce by someday for each 10 hostages launched, and Hamas has mentioned it has agreed to an prolonged truce underneath “the identical phrases” as the unique deal.
The pause in preventing has additionally allowed for elevated shipments of aid into the Gaza Strip, the place a relentless Israeli assault and siege of the territory has created a dire humanitarian disaster.