Thai Hostages Freed by Hamas Arrive at Israeli Hospital

The Israeli Foreign Ministry on Monday released video showing three Thai hostages who were released by Hamas on Sunday. The video shows the men arriving to a warm welcome at the Shamir Medical Center in Be'er Ya'akov. Israel and Hamas on Monday were preparing for a fourth exchange of militant-held hostages for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.

On Sunday, Hamas freed 17 more hostages — 14 Israelis and three Thais — in a third exchange under the four-day truce. In turn, Israel released 39 Palestinian prisoners. Of the roughly 240 hostages captured by Hamas in its Oct. 7 attack in southern Israel that ignited the war, 62 have been released, one was freed by Israeli forces and two were found dead inside Gaza.

Israel has said it would extend the cease-fire by one day for every 10 additional hostages released. Hamas has also said it hopes to extend the truce, which was mediated by the United States, Qatar and Egypt. With the truce deal has come increased shipments of fuel and supplies into Gaza — though aid groups say it's still barely enough to dent the needs of the 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza who have endured weeks of Israeli bombardment.

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[StormxSatoru]

Of course something like this doesn’t go viral. People only want to see one side of the fight, they don’t want to see the horrors of Hamas only the horrors of Israel