Ohad turned nine in captivity in Gaza. Yesterday he ran into his dad’s arms at Schneider Hospital in Israel. The mother Keren and the grandmother Ruti followed, also released on Friday. These are among the 13 Israelis who were released yesterday, the youngest was only two years old. The oldest 85. Only women and children were released. Aviv Katz (2) was the youngest hostage released from Hamas on Friday. She came home with her sister Raz (4) and her mother Doron. Photo: AP Ohad’s family is reunited at Schneider Hospital in Israel. There were also only women and children among the 39 Palestinians who were released from Israeli prisons yesterday, as part of the agreement between Hamas and Israel. 12 Asian men held hostage by Hamas were also released. Jubilation in the streets 23-year-old Aseel al-Titi hugged family and friends when she was released near Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Friday. 23-year-old Asil al-Titi met friends and family in the West Bank on Friday. Photo: ZAIN JAAFAR / AFP Aseel al-Titi (23) was released on Friday and met family and friends in the West Bank. She wears a green Hamas headband. Photo: Majdi Mohammed / AP The 23-year-old was imprisoned in October last year, when, according to Israeli media, she attacked a prison officer when she was going to visit her brother. While the Israeli hostages were all captured during Hamas’s terrorist attack on Israel on October 7 this year, many of the Palestinian prisoners have been held for much longer. Fatima Shaheen (33) finally met her five-year-old daughter again when she was released yesterday. She has been in prison since April this year, accused of a stabbing at a checkpoint. She was badly injured when she was shot by Israeli soldiers, according to Reuters. Now she is in a wheelchair. Fatima Shaheen’s daughter Aylool extends a hand to her mother, who was released from Israeli prison on Friday. Photo: HAZEM BADER / AFP Many under the age of 18 Several of the freed Palestinians are teenagers. Israel has submitted 300 names of Palestinians who can be released. Of them, 90 per cent are 18 years or younger, shows an analysis carried out by Sky News. On the list are Five 14-year-olds Six 15-year-olds 37 16-year-olds 76 17-year-olds 146 18-year-olds A young Palestinian celebrates his freedom after he was set free by Israel on Friday as part of the agreement between Hamas and Israel. Photo: Nasser Nasser / AP Israel is the only country in the world that puts children under 18 before military courts, according to Defense for Children International. Israel holds over 2,200 Palestinians in so-called “administrative detention”, the support group Palestinian Prisoners Club tells the AP news agency. The group works with Palestinians in Israeli prisons and their families. “Administrative detention” is a controversial practice in which Israel holds people, including children under the age of 18, without trial or trial indefinitely. The same group says there are now 7,200 Palestinians in Israeli prisons. 2,000 of them are said to have been taken after the terrorist attack on 7 October. More released today Several Palestinians and Israelis are to be released today, as part of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. The prison authorities in Israel state that 42 prisoners – both men and women – will be released in accordance with the agreement. At the same time, Israel has received a list of 14 hostages to be released by Hamas today. The release of Israelis from Hamas and Palestinians from Israeli prisons is part of the agreement on a temporary ceasefire that came into force on Friday morning. The ceasefire will last for four days, including Monday. There is the possibility of an extension, if the parties so wish. In that case, three Palestinians will be released for every Israeli hostage that is released, according to the BBC. Around 1,200 people were killed when Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October. Hamas took over 200 hostages, according to Israel. In Gaza, more than 14,000 people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes, among them over 5,000 children, according to the health authorities run by Hamas. Over 1.7 million Palestinians have been displaced. Also listen to the Urix podcast:
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