One Hungarian Hostage Leaves Hamas Captivity

18-year-old Noga Weisz and her mother have been released from captivity in the Gaza Strip.

Petah Tikva, 2023. november 25. A Gázai övezetet uraló, palesztin iszlamista Hamász szervezet fogságából kiszabadult hatéves Amelia Alonit és anyját, Danielt üdvözlik hozzátartozók a Tel-Aviv közelében lévõ Petah Tikvában lévõ Schneider Gyermekkórházban 2023. november 24-én. A Hamász ezen a napon átadta a nemzetközi vöröskereszt képviselõinek az október 7-i terrortámadásban elhurcolt izraeli túszok elsõ csoportját. Egyúttal megkezdõdött a szabadon engedése izraeli börtönökbõl 39 olyan palesztin rabnak, akiket a túszokért cserébe helyeznek szabadlábra. MTI/AP/Schneider Gyermekkórház Fotó: Schneider Gyermekkórház

The four foreign nationals who were kidnapped and taken to Gaza are Thai guest workers. Most of the eight Israeli children and five women freed were abducted from kibbutz Be'eri, situated near the Gaza Strip, and have been held in unknown locations in the Gaza Strip for the fifty days since the Hamas terrorist attack on October 7.

 A 13-year-old girl, Hila Rotem Shoshani, was freed, but her kidnapped mother has remained in Hamas captivity, although Israel has strongly requested in the agreement that parents and children must be released together.

9-year-old Emily Hand, who was held captive alone without her family, was freed. She was kidnapped from a pajama party held at her friend, Hila Rotem Shoshani's home in the kibbutz. Initially, her father was told that her remains had been identified, but later this turned out to be false information and his daughter was declared a hostage.

17-year-old Noam Or and his 13-year-old sister Alma Or can return home. Their mother was murdered on October 7, their father was also kidnapped and taken to Gaza.

The partner and sister of 67-year-old Shosan Haran were murdered while she herself and several of her relatives were kidnapped by Hamas militants. Along with Shoshan, her 38-year-old daughter Adi, and her two children, 3-year-old Jahel and 8-year-old Nave were released on Saturday. The 38-year-old father, Tal, remains hostage.

21-year-old Maja Regev and her 18-year-old brother were abducted from the music festival. She arrived in Israel in serious but not life-threatening condition. Maja Regev is the only hostage freed who was not taken to Gaza from kibutz Be'eri. Under the agreement with Hamas, her brother, who is officially underage, should also have been returned to Israel.

After border controls and identity checks, all the freed hostages are transferred from Rafah to Israel, where they are placed in hospitals for health assessment and monitoring.

Cover photo: Six-year-old Amelia Aloni and  her mother Daniel, who were freed from captivity by the Palestinian Islamist Hamas, are greeted by relatives at Schneider Children's Hospital in Petah Tikva, near Tel Aviv, on November 24, 2023. On this day, Hamas handed over the first group of Israeli hostages taken in the October 7 terror attack to the International Red Cross.  At the same time, the release of 39 Palestinians from Israeli prisons, to be freed in exchange for the hostages, has begun. (Photo: MTI/AP/Schneider Children's Hospital)