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Kat Lonsdorf

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Up First from NPR
Pentagon Upheaval, Hamas Releases More Hostages, NY State Prisons

Both of them had been taken captive after they had crossed into Gaza on their own years ago in separate incidents.

Up First from NPR
Pentagon Upheaval, Hamas Releases More Hostages, NY State Prisons

So in Gaza, it was a bit more complicated than other releases in the past. The six were released in three different locations throughout the Gaza Strip. But generally, the scene was similar to others that we've seen in this past month.

Up First from NPR
Pentagon Upheaval, Hamas Releases More Hostages, NY State Prisons

So in Gaza, it was a bit more complicated than other releases in the past. The six were released in three different locations throughout the Gaza Strip. But generally, the scene was similar to others that we've seen in this past month.

Up First from NPR
Pentagon Upheaval, Hamas Releases More Hostages, NY State Prisons

So in Gaza, it was a bit more complicated than other releases in the past. The six were released in three different locations throughout the Gaza Strip. But generally, the scene was similar to others that we've seen in this past month.

Up First from NPR
Pentagon Upheaval, Hamas Releases More Hostages, NY State Prisons

The hostages were brought on a stage by a masked Hamas gunman with a huge crowd of Palestinian onlookers before being released to the International Committee of the Red Cross and then driven to meet Israeli forces.

Up First from NPR
Pentagon Upheaval, Hamas Releases More Hostages, NY State Prisons

The hostages were brought on a stage by a masked Hamas gunman with a huge crowd of Palestinian onlookers before being released to the International Committee of the Red Cross and then driven to meet Israeli forces.

Up First from NPR
Pentagon Upheaval, Hamas Releases More Hostages, NY State Prisons

The hostages were brought on a stage by a masked Hamas gunman with a huge crowd of Palestinian onlookers before being released to the International Committee of the Red Cross and then driven to meet Israeli forces.

Up First from NPR
Pentagon Upheaval, Hamas Releases More Hostages, NY State Prisons

So this is the largest release of Palestinian prisoners and detainees at one time during this ceasefire. Among them are prisoners serving life sentences for deadly attacks on Israelis, but also many who have been held in administrative detention without charge or sentences, including women and minors.

Up First from NPR
Pentagon Upheaval, Hamas Releases More Hostages, NY State Prisons

So this is the largest release of Palestinian prisoners and detainees at one time during this ceasefire. Among them are prisoners serving life sentences for deadly attacks on Israelis, but also many who have been held in administrative detention without charge or sentences, including women and minors.

Up First from NPR
Pentagon Upheaval, Hamas Releases More Hostages, NY State Prisons

So this is the largest release of Palestinian prisoners and detainees at one time during this ceasefire. Among them are prisoners serving life sentences for deadly attacks on Israelis, but also many who have been held in administrative detention without charge or sentences, including women and minors.

Up First from NPR
Pentagon Upheaval, Hamas Releases More Hostages, NY State Prisons

More than 400 of them are Palestinians who had been detained in Gaza during the war, and they're going to be released back to Gaza. Others are being deported to Egypt.

Up First from NPR
Pentagon Upheaval, Hamas Releases More Hostages, NY State Prisons

More than 400 of them are Palestinians who had been detained in Gaza during the war, and they're going to be released back to Gaza. Others are being deported to Egypt.

Up First from NPR
Pentagon Upheaval, Hamas Releases More Hostages, NY State Prisons

More than 400 of them are Palestinians who had been detained in Gaza during the war, and they're going to be released back to Gaza. Others are being deported to Egypt.

Up First from NPR
Pentagon Upheaval, Hamas Releases More Hostages, NY State Prisons

Yeah, so this was the body of Shiri Bibas, who had been captured with her husband and two young sons on October 7th, 2023. And together, the family had become a symbol in Israel of the hostage struggle. Hamas says Shiri and her two children were killed in an Israeli airstrike early in the war.

Up First from NPR
Pentagon Upheaval, Hamas Releases More Hostages, NY State Prisons

Yeah, so this was the body of Shiri Bibas, who had been captured with her husband and two young sons on October 7th, 2023. And together, the family had become a symbol in Israel of the hostage struggle. Hamas says Shiri and her two children were killed in an Israeli airstrike early in the war.

Up First from NPR
Pentagon Upheaval, Hamas Releases More Hostages, NY State Prisons

Yeah, so this was the body of Shiri Bibas, who had been captured with her husband and two young sons on October 7th, 2023. And together, the family had become a symbol in Israel of the hostage struggle. Hamas says Shiri and her two children were killed in an Israeli airstrike early in the war.

Up First from NPR
Pentagon Upheaval, Hamas Releases More Hostages, NY State Prisons

Hamas supposedly released their bodies on Thursday, like you said, but when they were taken to a forensic lab here in Israel, it was found that the woman's body was not Shiri. It was an unidentified woman. Hamas then gave a different body back to Israel late last night. That body was then positively identified as Shiri.

Up First from NPR
Pentagon Upheaval, Hamas Releases More Hostages, NY State Prisons

Hamas supposedly released their bodies on Thursday, like you said, but when they were taken to a forensic lab here in Israel, it was found that the woman's body was not Shiri. It was an unidentified woman. Hamas then gave a different body back to Israel late last night. That body was then positively identified as Shiri.

Up First from NPR
Pentagon Upheaval, Hamas Releases More Hostages, NY State Prisons

Hamas supposedly released their bodies on Thursday, like you said, but when they were taken to a forensic lab here in Israel, it was found that the woman's body was not Shiri. It was an unidentified woman. Hamas then gave a different body back to Israel late last night. That body was then positively identified as Shiri.

Up First from NPR
Pentagon Upheaval, Hamas Releases More Hostages, NY State Prisons

The forensic examiner here in Israel found that all three, Shiri and her two young sons, had been, quote, murdered, but did not provide further details or evidence as to how.