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33m ago / 4:58 PM EST
Cousin of hostage, freed with her two children, celebrates her return
Freed Israeli hostage Doron Katz Asher, 34, and her two daughters Aviv, 2, and Raz, 4, are in an Israeli hospital waiting for the medical team to finish their assessments so they can return home.
“It has been a very emotional time for all of them so we can’t wait for them to be back,” said Chen Dori-Roberts, Doron’s cousin. “I think they are in good hands right now.”
Doron was visiting her mother in Kibbutz Nir Oz when she and her children were abducted by Hamas. She called her husband, Yoni Asher, to tell him terrorists had entered the home she was hiding in.
Chen-Dori Roberts and Yoni Asher later found videos on social media of their family crammed on the back of a vehicle being transported to Gaza. Doron’s mother was killed by Hamas at the Gaza border.
33m ago / 4:59 PM EST
IDF and Mossad have received a list of hostages that will be released tomorrow
The Israel Defense Forces and the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad have received a list of the hostages to be released tomorrow, according to the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office.
Security officials are checking the list. The Prime Minister’s Office said new information will be provided as it is verified.
“On behalf of the person in charge of the abductees and the missing, Lt. Col. Gal Hirsch — the information has been given to the families of the abductees, we ask the media to act with the required caution,” said the statement.
38m ago / 4:54 PM EST
Ohad Munder, child, and other Israeli hostages released by Hamas
53m ago / 4:38 PM EST
Doctor: Hostages had lack of sunlight, poor nutrition in captivity
Recently freed hostages may face a variety of health risks, from nutritional deficiency to lack of exercise, after spending 47 days in captivity in Gaza, according to professor Hagai Levine, head of the medical team for Israel’s Hostages and Missing Persons Families Forum.
“We know, for example, for diets, that they did not get a proper diet,” Levine told journalists at Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, where five of the recently released elderly hostages will receive evaluations and treatment.
“No exposure to sunlight, which again, for seven weeks, it’s, you know, there is a lack of vitamin D and, of course, mentally, how it affects you.”
One of his biggest concerns is that hostages did not receive their prescribed medications. Levine acknowledged reports that some hostages did get medical treatment while in captivity, saying the level of care was something doctors will “have to evaluate now.”
35m ago / 4:57 PM EST
The International Committee of the Red Cross facilitates release of 33 Palestinian prisoners
The International Committee of the Red Cross said it facilitated the release of 33 Palestinian detainees today.
The prisoners exited an Israeli prison and were transferred to Ramallah, in the West Bank.
“We have managed to do so thanks to our neutral intermediary role,” the ICRC said in a post on X.
In all, 39 Palestinian prisoners were released from Israeli jails on the first day of the Israel-Hamas truce.
2h ago / 3:39 PM EST
Demonstrations held at malls across the country on Black Friday
Demonstrators gathered outside malls in major cities across the country today, including several hundred pro-Palestinian protesters who marched through New York City’s Herald Square while chanting, “While you shop, bombs drop” and “Occupation, not a war.”
In Atlanta, protesters stood outside Lenox Square and some entered the roadway, according to police. Eight people were arrested for refusing officers’ commands to disperse from the street, police said.
Other demonstrations were held at Briarwood Mall in Ann Arbor, Michigan; the Holyoke Mall in Holyoke, Massachusetts; the Crossgates Mall in Albany, New York; Tysons Corner Center in Tysons, Virginia; Asheville Mall in Asheville, North Carolina; Arden Fair Mall in Sacramento, California; and Tampa Premium Outlets in Florida.
2h ago / 3:12 PM EST
IDF spokesperson says release of hostages brings a ‘great sense of relief’
IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari celebrated the release of hostages, saying it brings a “great sense of relief.”
The released hostages underwent an initial medical evaluation and have arrived at Hatzerim Base, where they will contact their family members and complete further medical examinations. They will then be transported via military helicopters to designated hospitals, where they will have the chance to meet their families, Hagari said.
If a released prisoner is not Israeli, a representative from their country will meet them at the Hatzerim base, he explained.
Hagari said the release will most likely bring a mix of sadness and joy for many of the freed prisoners.
“We must not forget tonight that each and every one of those returning home this evening still has a family member or relative who was murdered or is in captivity in Gaza,” he said. “The sight of the returnees crossing the border into the territory of the state of Israel is a great sense of relief. However, our hearts are with those still held in Gaza. … We are only at the beginning of the process.”
Preparations are still being made for the release of other prisoners.
“Again, nothing is final until it is finished. We do not forget for a moment that Hamas is a cruel and merciless enemy,” Hagari said.
2h ago / 3:09 PM EST
Released Palestinian prisoner says conditions were ‘catastrophic’
A released Palestinian prisoner said conditions in the prison were “very hard” and described the situation as “catastrophic.”
“The situation inside (prison) is very hard, I can’t really express how hard it is,” Laith Othman told reporters. “We were not allowed out of our cells, no good food, no meals, there is nothing, we were starving. There is nothing good in the prison, the situation is very catastrophic.”
Othman was among those released in a hostage-prisoner swap exchange between Hamas and Israel.
“I can’t express my feelings now, thanks to God,” he said.
2h ago / 3:14 PM EST
22 released Israeli and foreign hostages arrived at Israeli air base, says IDF
According to the IDF, the 22 Israeli and foreign hostages released today have arrived at Hatzerim Base, an air force base in southern Israel’s Negev desert.
Alongside Israeli soldiers and medics, the hostages will be flown to hospitals to be reunited with their families, the IDF said. Two of the released Israeli hostages have already been transferred to a hospital via vehicle.
“We are proud and excited to bring our sisters and brothers home,” said a spokesperson for the IAF pilots that flew the hostages to Israel today. “We will continue until all the hostages are returned.”
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