(Jewish Group) Israel Frees Prisoners After Chaotic Gaza Hostage Exchange

Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners after a brief delay to protest the chaos surrounding the handover of hostages by Hamas.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a statement posted on X that following his demand, mediators delivered a commitment that a safe exit will be guaranteed for Israeli hostages in the next round of swaps.

“During the release of our hostages today, we all saw shocking scenes,” the Israeli premier’s office said. “We made it clear to the mediators that we do not intend to accept any risk to our hostages.”

The five hour delay doesn’t seem to have had an impact on the six-week ongoing ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which paused the war in Gaza after 15 months of fighting that devastated the Palestinian territory. Given the issue was quickly resolved, the next hostage-prisoner swap is expected to go ahead as scheduled on Saturday.

The Palestinian prisoners were meant to be freed after the return of three Israeli and five Thai hostages from Gaza.

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