Israel prison authorities confirm 183 Palestinian prisoners freed on Saturday
Israel’s Prison Service confirmed it had released 183 Palestinian prisoners and detainees on Saturday during the fifth exchange of the Gaza ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel.
It said in a statement that “183 terrorists were transferred from several prisons across the country”, before they “were released” to the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza.
In the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, seat of the Palestinian Authority, relatives and supporters gathered to welcome those released by Israel, embracing them and cheering as they stepped off the bus that brought them from nearby Ofer prison.
Out of the 183 Palestinians released by Israel on Satuday, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club advocacy group said seven required hospitalisation, decrying “brutality” and mistreatment in jail.
Hamas in a statement accused Israel of “systematic assaults and mistreatment of our prisoners”, calling it “part of the policy of … the slow killing of prisoners”.

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The ceasefire, mediated by Qatar, Egypt and the United States, aims to secure the release of 12 more Israeli hostages during its first 42-day phase, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP). Negotiations on the second stage of the ceasefire were set to begin on Monday, but there have been no details on the status of the talks.
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An official from Puntland, a semi-autonomous state in Somalia, has rejected a report by the Telegraph that suggested his state would welcome an Israeli plan to send Palestinians from Gaza there and was prepared to host them. On Thursday, the Telegraph reported that Israel was considering sending Palestinians from Gaza to Puntland, suggesting that the proposal had been welcomed by an official from the state.
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Israel and Hamas completed their fifth hostage-prisoner swap under a fragile Gaza ceasefire deal on Saturday, with the frail, disoriented appearance of the three freed Israelis causing dismay among their relatives, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP). Out of the 183 Palestinian prisoners and detainees released by Israel in return, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club advocacy group said seven required hospitalisation, decrying “brutality” and mistreatment in jail.
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Hamas in a statement accused Israel of “systematic assaults and mistreatment of our prisoners”, calling it “part of the policy of … the slow killing of prisoners”. The fifth exchange since the truce took effect last month comes as negotiations are set to begin on the next phase of the ceasefire, which should pave the way for a permanent end to the war.
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Saturday’s swap also follows remarks by US president Donald Trump suggesting the US should take over the Gaza Strip and clear out its inhabitants, sparking global outrage. Or Levy, Ohad Ben Ami and Eli Sharabi, who were all seized by militants during Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack, “crossed the border into Israeli territory” on Saturday, the Israeli military said. With their return, 73 out of 251 hostages taken during the attack now remain in Gaza, including 34 the Israeli military says are dead.
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The ceasefire, mediated by Qatar, Egypt and the United States, aims to secure the release of 12 more Israeli hostages during its first 42-day phase, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).
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Negotiations on the second stage of the ceasefire were set to begin on Monday, but there have been no details on the status of the talks.
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The Hostage and Missing Families Forum urged the Israeli government on Friday to stick with the truce, even as US president Donald Trump’s comments raised questions about the future of the deal. “An entire nation demands to see the hostages return home,” the Israeli campaign group said in a statement. “Now is the time to ensure the agreement is completed – until the very last one,” it added.
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Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said that after Saturday’s swap, an Israeli delegation would head to Doha for further talks.
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Israel and Hamas completed their fifth hostage-prisoner swap under a fragile Gaza ceasefire deal on Saturday, with the frail, disoriented appearance of the three freed Israelis causing dismay among their relatives, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).
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Out of the 183 Palestinian prisoners and detainees released by Israel in return, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club advocacy group said seven required hospitalisation, decrying “brutality” and mistreatment in jail.
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Hamas in a statement accused Israel of “systematic assaults and mistreatment of our prisoners”, calling it “part of the policy of … the slow killing of prisoners”.
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The fifth exchange since the truce took effect last month comes as negotiations are set to begin on the next phase of the ceasefire, which should pave the way for a permanent end to the war.
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Saturday’s swap also follows remarks by US president Donald Trump suggesting the US should take over the Gaza Strip and clear out its inhabitants, sparking global outrage.
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Or Levy, Ohad Ben Ami and Eli Sharabi, who were all seized by militants during Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack, “crossed the border into Israeli territory” on Saturday, the Israeli military said. With their return, 73 out of 251 hostages taken during the attack now remain in Gaza, including 34 the Israeli military says are dead.
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Jubilant crowds in Israel’s commercial hub Tel Aviv cheered as they watched live footage of the three hostages, flanked by masked gunmen, brought on stage in Deir al-Balah before being handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). But the joy at their release was quickly overtaken by concern for their condition, with all three appearing thin and pale.
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Sharabi’s cousin Yochi Sardinayof said “he doesn’t look well”. “I’m sure he will now receive the right treatment and he will get stronger … He has an amazing family, and we will all be there for him.”
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The choreographed handover included forced statements from the three on stage, in which they stated support for finalising the next phases of the Israel-Hamas truce. The “disturbing images” from Gaza show that “we must get them all out”, said the Hostages and Missing Families Forum campaign group.
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The office of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose dejected-looking portrait appeared on a banner at the Deir al-Balah handover site, said the images out of Gaza were “shocking”.
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Israel’s president Isaac Herzog denounced the treatment of the hostages, who were paraded on stage “after 491 days of hell, starved, emaciated and pained” and “exploited in a cynical and cruel spectacle”.
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The ICRC, which is facilitating ongoing hostage-prisoner exchanges between Israel and Hamas under the Gaza ceasefire deal, called on Saturday for future swaps to be held in “private”.
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“The ICRC is increasingly concerned about the conditions surrounding release operations. We strongly urge all parties, including the mediators, to take responsibility to ensure that future releases are dignified and private,” the ICRC said in a statement after it completed the fifth exchange.
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It said in a statement that “183 terrorists were transferred from several prisons across the country”, before they “were released” to the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza.
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In the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, seat of the Palestinian Authority, relatives and supporters gathered to welcome those released by Israel, embracing them and cheering as they stepped off the bus that brought them from nearby Ofer prison.
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Out of the 183 Palestinians released by Israel on Satuday, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club advocacy group said seven required hospitalisation, decrying “brutality” and mistreatment in jail.
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Hamas in a statement accused Israel of “systematic assaults and mistreatment of our prisoners”, calling it “part of the policy of … the slow killing of prisoners”.
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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which is facilitating ongoing hostage-prisoner exchanges between Israel and Hamas under the Gaza ceasefire deal, called on Saturday for future swaps to be held in “private”.
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“The ICRC is increasingly concerned about the conditions surrounding release operations. We strongly urge all parties, including the mediators, to take responsibility to ensure that future releases are dignified and private,” the ICRC said in a statement after it completed the fifth exchange earlier on Saturday, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).
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The Gaza health ministry said on Saturday that at least 48,181 people had been killed in the Palestinian territory in the war with Israel, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).
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Hamas and Israel have agreed a ceasefire, which came into effect on 19 January and ushered in a fragile calm. But the confirmed number of dead published by the Gaza health ministry has continued to rise daily as bodies are discovered under the rubble, victims are identified or people die from injuries sustained earlier in the war.
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Over the last 48 hours, 26 deaths have been recorded and more than 570 earlier deaths had been confirmed, according to the ministry. It said a total of 111,638 people have been injured during the war, which began in October 2023. The ministry’s figures do not distinguish between combatants and civilians
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Israel has repeatedly cast doubt on the ministry’s figures, which the United Nations considers reliable.
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A study published in early January in the British medical journal the Lancet estimated the death toll in Gaza due to hostilities during the first nine months of the was about 40% higher than the figures recorded by the Gaza health ministry.
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AFP is unable to independently verify the death toll.
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A senior Hamas official told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Saturday that Israel’s “lack of commitment” to the Gaza ceasefire has put it in danger of collapse.
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Israel’s “procrastination and lack of commitment in implementing the first phase … certainly exposes this agreement to danger and thus it may stop or collapse,” said Basem Naim, a member of Hamas’s political bureau.
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If you are just joining us, here’s a update on what has happened today in the fifth Gaza ceasefire exchange:
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Three more Israeli hostages – Or Levy, Eli Sharabi and Ohad Ben Ami – were handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip earlier today.
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Their conditions prompted concern and were denounced by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “shocking”.
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183 Palestinian prisoners and detainees were then released in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah.
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Seven freed Palestinians were then admitted to hospital, according to the Palestinian prisoners’ club as a “result of the brutality they were subjected to during the past months”.
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“The fact that seven prisoners were transferred to hospitals immediately after their release … reflects the systematic assaults and mistreatment of our prisoners by the Israeli prison authorities,” Hamas said in a statement, adding that it was “part of the policy of the extremist Israeli government, which pursues the slow killing of prisoners inside the prisons”.
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“All the prisoners who were released today are in need of medical care, treatment, and examinations as a result of the brutality they were subjected to during the past months. There are seven who were transferred to the hospital,” said Abdullah al-Zaghari, head of the NGO.
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The Palestinian Red Crescent confirmed that seven Palestinians released today had been admitted to hospitals.
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Egypt condemned on Saturday as “irresponsible” statements by Israeli officials suggesting establishing a Palestinian state on Saudi territory, according to a statement by Egypt’s foreign ministry.
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The foreign ministry said it considered the suggestion a “direct infringement of Saudi sovereignty”, adding that the kingdom’s security was a “red line for Egypt”.
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Live TV footage has shown a bus carrying Palestinian prisoners and detainees from Israeli prisons arriving in the West Bank. Crowds cheering can be seen surrounding the bus.
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A bus carrying freed Palestinians has departed from Ofer prison, according to an update by an Agence France-Presse (AFP) journalist.
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The prisoners and detainees released today will be brought to the West Bank and Gaza.
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Israel’s president Isaac Herzog denounced the treatment of Israeli hostages freed from Gaza on Saturday as a “crime against humanity” after the men were paraded on stage during their handover by masked Hamas militants.
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“This is what a crime against humanity looks like! The whole world must look directly at Ohad, Or, and Eli – returning after 491 days of hell, starved, emaciated and pained – being exploited in a cynical and cruel spectacle by vile murderers,” Herzog said in a statement on X.
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“We will not gloss over the shocking scenes that we saw today,” Netanyahu said in a statement.
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Or Levy, Eli Sharabi and Ohad Ben Ami have crossed into Israeli territory and are on their way to be reunited with family, the Israeli military said in a statement.
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Reuters has a breaking news line on Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who has said that Israel “will not gloss over shocking images seen today” in reference to the poor physical condition of the hostages seen today.
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The three men all appeared thin, weak and pale, and in worse condition than the 18 hostages who had previously been freed under the truce agreed last month.
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“He looked like a skeleton, it was awful to see,” Ohad Ben Ami’s mother-in-law, Michal Cohen, told Channel 13 News as she watched the Hamas-directed handover ceremony, which included them answering questions posed to them by a masked man as militants armed with automatic rifles stood on each side.
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Dozens of armed Hamas militants were deployed at the site in Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, as the men were handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross which was to transport them to Israeli forces in Gaza.
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In exchange, Israel will release 183 Palestinian prisoners and detainees, some convicted of involvement in attacks that killed dozens of people and including 18 serving life sentences and 111 detained in Gaza during the war, according to Hamas.
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Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei met acting Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya and two other leaders of the Palestinian group in Tehran on Saturday, Iranian state media reported.
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It gave no details about the meeting and only posted photos of Khamenei meeting al-Hayya, Mohammed Darwish, head of Hamas’ leadership council, and top Hamas official Nizar Awadallah, reports Reuters.
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Hamas has handed over the three Israeli hostages, Or Levy, Eli Sharabi and Ohad Ben Ami, to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) officials in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip.
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Live TV footage showed the hostages getting into ICRC vehicles and being driven away.
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A team from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Gaza are on the way to collect Israeli hostages from Hamas, an official involved in the operation told Reuters.
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Three Israelis held hostage in Gaza for 16 months are set to be released by Hamas on Saturday as part of the fragile ceasefire agreement. Agence France-Presse has this rundown on what’s known about the three men.
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Eli Sharabi, 52
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Sharabi, who turns 53 this month, was at his home in kibbutz Beeri with his British-born wife and their two teenage daughters when Hamas stormed it on 7 October 2023.
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The armed men shot their dog before locking the family in their safe room and setting it on fire. The bodies of his wife and two daughters were later identified.
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He was taken to Gaza along with his brother Yossi. The Israeli military said early last year that Yossi was killed and his body was in the hands of Hamas in Gaza.
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Ohad Ben Ami, 56
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Ben Ami was abducted with his wife, Raz Ben Ami, from their home in kibbutz Beeri.
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She was released during the one-week truce in November 2023.
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Images have circulated on social media showing him being seized in a T-shirt and underwear.
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Ben Ami, who has dual Israeli and German citizenship and turned 56 in captivity, is the accountant for his kibbutz and a keen bike rider.
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Or Levy, 34
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Levy and his wife, Einav Levy, went to the Nova music festival, leaving their two-year-old son Almog with his grandparents.
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The usually inseparable couple, who met in high school, tried to hide from the Hamas attackers along Route 232, the only path away from the festival.
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“When gunfire erupted shortly after their arrival, they sought refuge in a concrete safe room, later known as ‘the death bunker’,” the Hostage and Missing Families Forum said in a statement.
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There, Einav was murdered, and Or was taken captive.
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Welcome to our live coverage of the latest news from the Middle East, with the release of Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners and detainees expected to take place on Saturday as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
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Hamas has named the three to be released in the fifth exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinians jailed in Israel as civilians Eli Sharabi, Ohad ben Ami and Or Levy.
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Israel is set to release 183 Palestinian prisoners and detainees on Saturday to fulfil its side of the agreement, according to the Hamas-linked prisoners’ office in Gaza.
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The Gaza ceasefire deal remains fragile. The release of the hostages’ names was delayed by several hours after Hamas accused Israel of delaying the delivery of aid and other equipment in breach of the terms of the ceasefire. Israel dismissed the claims as “completely unfounded”, saying it had allowed thousands of trucks carrying food, aid and shelters into Gaza.
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It’s nearly 8am in Gaza City and Tel Aviv. In other developments:
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The United States has approved the sale of more than $7.4bn in bombs, missiles and related equipment to Israel. The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency said the proposed sale – which still technically requires the approval of Congress – “improves Israel’s capability to meet current and future threats, strengthen its homeland defense, and serves as a deterrent to regional threats”.
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Global aid agency the Norwegian Refugee Council said humanitarian efforts in Gaza remained in an “emergency crisis setting”. Communications adviser Shaina Low said more aid had been able to enter the territory since the ceasefire but that there were still “delays in screening certain types of material”.
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Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is still in the US and has delivered a joint press conference with US house speaker Mike Johnson. Netanyahu praised President Trump for lifting bans on the provision of certain weapons that were in place under the Biden administration and said there was no “future for peace” in his region if Hamas remained there
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The international criminal court (ICC) condemned Trump’s executive order announcing sanctions against the court, accusing the US president of trying to “harm its independent and impartial judicial” work. “The court stands firmly by its personnel and pledges to continue providing justice and hope to millions of innocent victims of atrocities across the world,” it said.
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The UK has “no plans” to impose similar sanctions and will “support the independence of the ICC”, a spokesperson for prime minister Keir Starmer said. The UK and the US “over a number of administrations have taken a different view on the ICC”, they added
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France, Germany and the Netherlands all spoke out against the sanctions. Dutch prime minister Dick Schoof said that, as the host of the court, the Netherlands had a “responsibility to guarantee the unhindered functioning of the criminal court at all times. We will keep doing that.”
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The UN also criticised the sanctions. “We deeply regret the individual sanctions announced yesterday against court personnel, and call for this measure to be reversed,” human rights office spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani said.
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Trump’s order said the court had “engaged in illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel” and vowed to “impose tangible and significant consequences on those responsible for the ICC’s transgressions”.
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The ceasefire, mediated by Qatar, Egypt and the United States, aims to secure the release of 12 more Israeli hostages during its first 42-day phase, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP). Negotiations on the second stage of the ceasefire were set to begin on Monday, but there have been no details on the status of the talks.
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An official from Puntland, a semi-autonomous state in Somalia, has rejected a report by the Telegraph that suggested his state would welcome an Israeli plan to send Palestinians from Gaza there and was prepared to host them. On Thursday, the Telegraph reported that Israel was considering sending Palestinians from Gaza to Puntland, suggesting that the proposal had been welcomed by an official from the state.
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Israel and Hamas completed their fifth hostage-prisoner swap under a fragile Gaza ceasefire deal on Saturday, with the frail, disoriented appearance of the three freed Israelis causing dismay among their relatives, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP). Out of the 183 Palestinian prisoners and detainees released by Israel in return, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club advocacy group said seven required hospitalisation, decrying “brutality” and mistreatment in jail.
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Hamas in a statement accused Israel of “systematic assaults and mistreatment of our prisoners”, calling it “part of the policy of … the slow killing of prisoners”. The fifth exchange since the truce took effect last month comes as negotiations are set to begin on the next phase of the ceasefire, which should pave the way for a permanent end to the war.
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Saturday’s swap also follows remarks by US president Donald Trump suggesting the US should take over the Gaza Strip and clear out its inhabitants, sparking global outrage. Or Levy, Ohad Ben Ami and Eli Sharabi, who were all seized by militants during Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack, “crossed the border into Israeli territory” on Saturday, the Israeli military said. With their return, 73 out of 251 hostages taken during the attack now remain in Gaza, including 34 the Israeli military says are dead.
Thousands of Syrians are in limbo as the UK Home Office freezes asylum claims.
The Guardian’s Lizzie Dearden reports:
More than 6,000 Syrians in Britain are stuck in limbo because of an ongoing freeze on their asylum claims, two months after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
The Home Office announced a “pause” on Syrian asylum seekers’ claims on 9 December, the day after rebels swept into Damascus, saying that it needed to “assess the current situation”.
The situation remains deeply uncertain. Ahmed al-Sharaa, formerly known by his nom de guerre Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, was recently named president, but his forces are still declared a terrorist group by the UK and other countries.
At least 6,600 Syrian asylum applications, each of which can include more than one person, are frozen in the UK system pending an initial decision and more claims are expected from those arriving on small boats, according to analysis by the Observer of official figures. Leading charities and lawyers have called for the government to resolve the situation.
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Palestinians are finding a moment of respite in going out to dinner or relaxing in cafes as the narrow strip decimated by Israeli forces seeks to rebuild.
The Guardian’s Malak A Tantesh and Jason Burke report:
It is a Thursday night in Khan Younis and business is good at the al-Sawafiri restaurant. Not far away, entire blocks have been reduced to rubble, but here, in this small corner of the city in the southern Gaza Strip, the damage is less extensive. Raed al-Sawafiri, the owner and manager, stands in front of chicken rotating on a grill and smiles. Every one of his plastic tables is occupied.
Al-Sawafiri had no experience of the restaurant trade until very recently. Displaced 10 times during the 16-month conflict in Gaza, the 23-year-old opened his first establishment in Rafah, the southernmost city in the territory, early this year, after sourcing old equipment and sending his father to the border with Egypt to buy meat.
“The response from people was amazing, but we had to flee the [Israeli] attack on Rafah and move to the coast. Finally, I decided to try again in Khan Younis and, thanks be to God, we have had success,” he said.
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The ceasefire, mediated by Qatar, Egypt and the United States, aims to secure the release of 12 more Israeli hostages during its first 42-day phase, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).
Negotiations on the second stage of the ceasefire were set to begin on Monday, but there have been no details on the status of the talks.
The Hostage and Missing Families Forum urged the Israeli government on Friday to stick with the truce, even as US president Donald Trump’s comments raised questions about the future of the deal. “An entire nation demands to see the hostages return home,” the Israeli campaign group said in a statement. “Now is the time to ensure the agreement is completed – until the very last one,” it added.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said that after Saturday’s swap, an Israeli delegation would head to Doha for further talks.
Three male Israeli hostages were released by Hamas after 491 days of captivity in Gaza as part of a ceasefire deal with Israel.
Or Levy, Eli Sharabi and Ohad Ben Ami appeared emaciated and were taken to hospital upon arrival in Israel. In exchange for the three hostages, Israel released 183 Palestinian prisoners and detainees in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah.
Faisal Ali
An official from Puntland, a semi-autonomous state in Somalia, has rejected a report by the Telegraph that suggested his state would welcome an Israeli plan to send Palestinians from Gaza there and was prepared to host them.
On Thursday, the Telegraph reported that Israel was considering sending Palestinians from Gaza to Puntland, suggesting that the proposal had been welcomed by an official from the state. The report comes after US president Donald Trump put forward a proposal saying he wanted the US to occupy, ethnically cleanse, and develop the territory for commercial purposes.
Amit Segal, an Israeli journalist writing for Channel 12, also stated that Trump was considering Morocco, Puntland, and Somaliland – a self-declared republic in northern Somalia – as potential places for people from Gaza.
The Telegraph quoted Yacob Mohamed Abdalla, Puntland’s deputy information minister, as saying that authorities in Puntland would be open to the idea, provided the Palestinians moved voluntarily. “There is no reason to deport someone from their country to another without that person choosing to move,” Abdalla was quoted as saying.
However, in a social media post on Friday, Abdalla claimed his views had been “misrepresented” in the interview. He added that he had never said Puntland was “prepared to host Palestinian refugees” and “categorically” rejected the claims made in the article. “PLand stands in solidarity with the Palestinian people’s just aspirations in line with ILow,” he said.
Summary of the day’s events so far
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Israel and Hamas completed their fifth hostage-prisoner swap under a fragile Gaza ceasefire deal on Saturday, with the frail, disoriented appearance of the three freed Israelis causing dismay among their relatives, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).
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Out of the 183 Palestinian prisoners and detainees released by Israel in return, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club advocacy group said seven required hospitalisation, decrying “brutality” and mistreatment in jail.
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Hamas in a statement accused Israel of “systematic assaults and mistreatment of our prisoners”, calling it “part of the policy of … the slow killing of prisoners”.

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The fifth exchange since the truce took effect last month comes as negotiations are set to begin on the next phase of the ceasefire, which should pave the way for a permanent end to the war.
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Saturday’s swap also follows remarks by US president Donald Trump suggesting the US should take over the Gaza Strip and clear out its inhabitants, sparking global outrage.
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Or Levy, Ohad Ben Ami and Eli Sharabi, who were all seized by militants during Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack, “crossed the border into Israeli territory” on Saturday, the Israeli military said. With their return, 73 out of 251 hostages taken during the attack now remain in Gaza, including 34 the Israeli military says are dead.
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Jubilant crowds in Israel’s commercial hub Tel Aviv cheered as they watched live footage of the three hostages, flanked by masked gunmen, brought on stage in Deir al-Balah before being handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). But the joy at their release was quickly overtaken by concern for their condition, with all three appearing thin and pale.

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Sharabi’s cousin Yochi Sardinayof said “he doesn’t look well”. “I’m sure he will now receive the right treatment and he will get stronger … He has an amazing family, and we will all be there for him.”
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The choreographed handover included forced statements from the three on stage, in which they stated support for finalising the next phases of the Israel-Hamas truce. The “disturbing images” from Gaza show that “we must get them all out”, said the Hostages and Missing Families Forum campaign group.
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The office of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose dejected-looking portrait appeared on a banner at the Deir al-Balah handover site, said the images out of Gaza were “shocking”.
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Israel’s president Isaac Herzog denounced the treatment of the hostages, who were paraded on stage “after 491 days of hell, starved, emaciated and pained” and “exploited in a cynical and cruel spectacle”.
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The ICRC, which is facilitating ongoing hostage-prisoner exchanges between Israel and Hamas under the Gaza ceasefire deal, called on Saturday for future swaps to be held in “private”.
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“The ICRC is increasingly concerned about the conditions surrounding release operations. We strongly urge all parties, including the mediators, to take responsibility to ensure that future releases are dignified and private,” the ICRC said in a statement after it completed the fifth exchange.
Israel prison authorities confirm 183 Palestinian prisoners freed on Saturday
Israel’s Prison Service confirmed it had released 183 Palestinian prisoners and detainees on Saturday during the fifth exchange of the Gaza ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel.
It said in a statement that “183 terrorists were transferred from several prisons across the country”, before they “were released” to the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza.
In the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, seat of the Palestinian Authority, relatives and supporters gathered to welcome those released by Israel, embracing them and cheering as they stepped off the bus that brought them from nearby Ofer prison.
Out of the 183 Palestinians released by Israel on Satuday, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club advocacy group said seven required hospitalisation, decrying “brutality” and mistreatment in jail.
Hamas in a statement accused Israel of “systematic assaults and mistreatment of our prisoners”, calling it “part of the policy of … the slow killing of prisoners”.

Red Cross calls for next hostage-prisoner swap to be held in ‘private’
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which is facilitating ongoing hostage-prisoner exchanges between Israel and Hamas under the Gaza ceasefire deal, called on Saturday for future swaps to be held in “private”.
“The ICRC is increasingly concerned about the conditions surrounding release operations. We strongly urge all parties, including the mediators, to take responsibility to ensure that future releases are dignified and private,” the ICRC said in a statement after it completed the fifth exchange earlier on Saturday, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).
At least 48,181 Palestinians killed in war with Israel, says Gaza health ministry
The Gaza health ministry said on Saturday that at least 48,181 people had been killed in the Palestinian territory in the war with Israel, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).
Hamas and Israel have agreed a ceasefire, which came into effect on 19 January and ushered in a fragile calm. But the confirmed number of dead published by the Gaza health ministry has continued to rise daily as bodies are discovered under the rubble, victims are identified or people die from injuries sustained earlier in the war.
Over the last 48 hours, 26 deaths have been recorded and more than 570 earlier deaths had been confirmed, according to the ministry. It said a total of 111,638 people have been injured during the war, which began in October 2023. The ministry’s figures do not distinguish between combatants and civilians
Israel has repeatedly cast doubt on the ministry’s figures, which the United Nations considers reliable.
A study published in early January in the British medical journal the Lancet estimated the death toll in Gaza due to hostilities during the first nine months of the was about 40% higher than the figures recorded by the Gaza health ministry.
AFP is unable to independently verify the death toll.
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Hamas has no desire to return to war with Israel, a senior official with the Palestinian group told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Saturday, nearly three weeks into a fragile ceasefire that halted fighting in Gaza.
“Returning to war is certainly not our wish nor our decision,” Hamas political bureau member Basem Naim said in an interview.
According to AFP’s interview, Naim urged Arab countries not to recognise Israel, as Saudi Arabia is courted by the US to join a small group of its neighbours in normalising ties.
“We call on them not to normalise,” Naim told AFP. “We call on all Arab countries, both those currently normalising and those considering normalisation, to step back from this.”
Source: www.theguardian.com