Two German teens among freed hostages – DW – 11/28/2023

The Israeli prison authority said early on Tuesday that 33 Palestinian prisoners had been released in line with the temporary truce in Gaza.

According to the prison authority the inmates included women and teenagers.

This brings the number of freed Palestinian prisoners to 150.

The militant-Islamist group Hamas, listed as a terrorist organization by Germany, the US, Israel and others, handed over 11 hostages to the International Red Cross on Monday in return for the prisoners.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock confirmed that two German teenagers were among the hostages released by the militant-Islamist group Hamas on Monday.

“After 52 days of suffering and despair, their mothers are able to take them in their arms again,” Baerbock wrote on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter. “My thoughts are with those families who continue to worry. We are doing everything we can to ensure they can hold their loved ones in their arms again as well.”

Hamas, listed as a terrorist organization by Germany, the US, Israel and others, handed over 11 hostages to the International Red Cross on Monday. In return, Israel released 33 Palestinian prisoners.