Urgent| With the names… Hamas agrees to release 34 prisoners in a partial deal

 

 The BBC reported on Monday that Hamas is ready to release 34 Israeli prisoners it is holding in the Gaza Strip in a partial deal.

 

She stated that at the present time, there is no information about the condition of the prisoners, and it is not known whether they are alive or not. The list includes 10 women, 11 adults between the ages of 50 and 85, and two young children, Ariel and Kefir Peeps.

 

 

According to the report, The list also includes prisoners identified by Hamas as sick. The report quoted a senior Hamas official as saying that Israel remains stubborn on some open issues and is not taking any step forward. The source added that Hamas agreed to the deal in its initial stages, but the names of the prisoners were not officially published.

 

 

In this context, it confirmed Media outlets reported that the names that would be released in the first phase were leaked based on sources in Hamas.

 

 

 

Although these names It was not published in the BBC report, but the composition was consistent with what was mentioned in the British reports.

 

 

For their part, the Center for Prisoners’ Families expressed their concern And their dissatisfaction with the "list" published today, calling on the media and the public to deal with this news with caution and responsibility, until an official deal is reached.

 

 

 

 

They added that the time has come to sign a comprehensive agreement that will return all prisoners – the living for treatment, and the martyrs for a decent burial. They stressed that they would not leave anyone behind.

 

 

 

On the other hand, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office reported “The list that was published in the media was not delivered by Hamas to Israel, but was originally sent from Israel to the mediators in July 2024.” The office confirmed that Israel has not received any confirmation or response from Hamas regarding the condition of the detainees on the list. Names of detainees on the list: (children and women) 1- Romi Gonen – 24 years old 2- Emily Damari – 28 years old 3- Erbil Yehud – 29 years old 4- Doron Steinbrecher – 31 years old 5- Ariel Bibas – 5 years old 6- Kiefer Bibas - Year 7 – Sherry Silberman Bibas – 33 years old (Hamas announced on November 29 2023, the infant Kfir Bibas, his brother Ariel, who was 4 years old at the time, and their mother, Sheri Silberman, were killed as a result of the Israeli bombing of Gaza. (Female soldiers) 8- Liri Albag – 19 years 9- Karina Ariev – 20 years 10- Agam Berger – 20 years 11- Daniel Gilboa – 20 years 12- Naama Levy – 20 years (seniors over 50 years) 13- Ohad Ben Ammi – 55 years old, 14- grandfather Moshe Moses – 80 years old 15- Keith Shmuel Siegel – 65 years old 16- Ofer Calderon – 53 years old 17- Elia Sharabi – 52 years old 18- Yitzhak Elgaret – 69 years old 19- Shlomo Mansour – 86 years old 20- Ohad Yahalomi – 50 years old 21- Youssef Youssef Al-Zayadna – 54 years 22- Oded Lifshitz – 84 years old 23- Tzachi Aden – 50 years old (sick Israeli soldiers) 24- Hisham al-Sayyid – 36 years old (an Israeli Negev Bedouin soldier detained since April 2015) 25- Yardin Bibas – 35 years old 26- Sagi Dekel Chen – 36 27 years old – Iyer Horn – 46 years old – 28 years old Winkert – 23 years old 29- Alexander Trufanov – 28 years old 30- Elijah Cohen - 27 years old 31- Or Levy – 34 years old 32- Avira Mengistu – 38 years old (an Israeli soldier of African descent detained since 2016) 33- Tal Shoham - 39 years old. 34- Omar Sham Tov – 21 years old. In his statement, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that Washington hopes that a ceasefire agreement will be reached in Gaza and detainees will be released within the next two weeks. Blinken added in a press conference in South Korea, “We very much want to reach the finish line in the next two weeks, the time we have left.” Although there are gaps between Israel and Hamas, Israeli officials this week signaled cautious optimism in Jerusalem that they can close those gaps and reach a deal to release detainees and a ceasefire in Gaza in the coming weeks.  

 

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