Hamas freed one other group of eight Israeli hostages on Thursday, together with twin nationals from Mexico, Russia and Uruguay.
Hours later, the Israeli Jail Service introduced the discharge of 30 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.
It was the seventh consecutive day of releases of Israeli hostages from Gaza and Palestinians from Israeli prisons beneath the truce, which had been renewed early Thursday morning minutes earlier than it was set to run out. That extension was set to final simply 24 hours, and diplomats expressed some pessimism in regards to the prospects for an additional extension to be agreed upon earlier than the present association expires on Friday.
Right here’s what we all know in regards to the Israeli hostages launched on Thursday.
Mia Schem, 21
Mia Schem, 21, a twin Israeli-French citizen, was kidnapped from the location of the Tribe of Nova music pageant the place at the least 260 individuals had been killed within the Hamas-led assault on Israel on Oct. 7.
She was proven in a video launched by Hamas on Oct. 16, the primary pictures launched by the group of any of the roughly 240 hostages. Within the video, she mentioned that she had undergone surgical procedure on her arm after being kidnapped, although the explanation was unclear. (In response to an evaluation by The New York Occasions, metadata contained inside the video file signifies that a few of the footage was filmed at the least six days earlier than it was launched.)
Amit Soussana, 40
Amit Soussana, 40, a lawyer, was kidnapped from Kibbutz Kfar Aza a number of miles east of Gaza. On the time, she had been at dwelling with a fever, in accordance with The Occasions of Israel. Her household informed Israeli information organizations that in the course of the Oct. 7 assault, Ms. Soussana hid in a protected room in her home, however the attackers had been nonetheless in a position to attain her.
She and her household are left-leaning politically and had known as for peaceable coexistence with Palestinians. Her sister, Shira Soussana, mentioned that the kidnapping has shaken the household’s sense of safety. “We don’t have a perception anymore in individuals, it’s so evil,” she mentioned, including, “on each side.”
Ilana Gritzewsky Kimchi, 30
Ilana Gritzewsky Kimchi, 30, is an immigrant from Mexico, in accordance with the Hostages and Lacking Individuals Households Discussion board. Ms. Gritzewsky Kimchi was kidnapped on Oct. 7 from Kibbutz Nir Oz, the place scores of residents had been murdered by Hamas.
Nili Margalit, 41
Nili Margalit, 41, was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz. On the morning of the assault, she texted buddies to say that she was locked in a protected room together with her canine and that for hours she had been listening to attackers strolling round outdoors, in accordance with The Occasions of Israel.
Ms. Margalit works as a nurse in southern Israel on the Soroka Medical Middle, the Rambam Well being Care Campus mentioned on Fb. One other former hostage, Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, informed The Occasions of Israel that she had seen Ms. Margalit caring for different individuals whereas they had been being held captive.
Sapir Cohen, 29
Sapir Cohen, 29, was taken hostage alongside together with her boyfriend, Sasha Trupanob, 28, from Kibbutz Nahal Oz, the place they had been visiting his household.
Mr. Trupanob’s mom, Yelena Trupanob, and grandmother, Irena Tati, each Russian émigrés, had been additionally taken hostage however had been launched on Wednesday.
Mr. Trupanob is believed to stay in Gaza.
Aisha Ziyadne, 17; Bilal Ziyadne, 18
Aisha Ziyadne, 17, and her brother Bilal Ziyadne, 18, are Bedouin Muslim residents of Israel. They had been kidnapped together with their father, Yousef, and brother, Hamza, from Kibbutz Holit close to the border with Gaza, Israeli officers mentioned. The Ziyadne household — the identify is typically transliterated as Alziadna — had been calling on the Israeli authorities to do extra to free them.
Shani Goren, 29
Shani Goren, 29, a instructor, was kidnapped from the protected room in her dwelling at Kibbutz Nir Ounceson the morning of Oct. 7, in accordance with Israeli information retailers.
In captivity, she taken care of a 12-year-old boy, Eitan Yahami, who had been taken hostage from the identical kibbutz, The Jerusalem Post reported. Eitan was launched on Tuesday.
Ms. Goren was born in Israel and holds Uruguayan citizenship by way of her grandparents, who settled in Israel in 1953.