Thousands gather in Tel Aviv to celebrate as release of Israeli hostages begins following ceasefire
First three hostages to be released under ceasefire deal are handed over by Hamas to Red Cross officials in Gaza City before being returned to Israel
Pictures shared by the families showed the three women embracing their mothers at a reception centre, with Emily Damari beaming broadly and waving a bandaged hand missing two fingers at family on the other end of a mobile phone video call. Friends reach out to British-Israeli hostage Emily Damari as she arrived on Sunday at Sheba Medical Center, where hostages arrived after the first phase of a ceasefire agreement began between Israel and Hamas, in Ramat Gan, Israel. Photograph: Alexi J Rosenfeld/Getty Images
“The ceasefire is something that I hope will work out,” said Tomer Mizrahi, in Sderot, a town in southern Israel within sight of Gaza that was attacked on October 7th. “But as I know Hamas, you cannot even trust them 1 per cent.”
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