In addition to the freed Israelis, Hamas also released 5 Thai migrant workers who were mistakenly captured on Oct 7th.
These five workers were not part of the Gaza Deal, Hamas said they simply waited until it was safe to release them.
One Thai worker can be seen in the clip below taking selfies with Palestinian freedom fighters and even is allowed to pose holding a fighters rifle.
Iconic af
And if you've been watching these Hamas PoW release ceremonies carefully, there's an unmistakable presence of Israeli military gear in use by Gaza's Freedom fighters.
Hamas prominently deployed troops equipped with Israeli Tavor and Galil submachine guns along side troops equipped with American M16 & AR15 variants. Some even equipped with silencers and advanced sight optics.
Meanwhile the Israelis prepared for doing their part of the prisoner swap as they always have...
They started the day by raiding the homes of Palestinians in the West Bank and occupied territories whose relatives would be released later in the day.
Israel has banned celebrating releases. In this video IOF troops can be see breaking the chairs in a home's courtyard that had been setup for a private reception of a soon to be released Palestinian child prisoner Ahmed Al-Froukh.
As the Israeli buses full of child prisoners and people held without charge made their way to Palestinian neighborhoods Israeli troops opened fire on anyone who gathered to great the released prisoners.
Israel appears determined to injure or arrest just as many Palestinians as they release each time their is a swap.
Among the Palestinians freed today was Mohammed Ghali, leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
He spoke tonight in Gaza saying:
“Long live the resistance, and here it is and it has not ended, and we left with our heads held high. The occupation tortured us until the last hour and could not understand that we left thanks to the resistance and its decision.
Long live the resistance! Long live Palestine free and Arab!”
In large part Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza turnedout in crushing numbers to celebrate the release of prisoners.
They largely view the Gaza Deal as a triumph of Hamas, who despite over a year of genocidal attacks from Israel not only kept their own troops and PoWs alive but also never turned their back on civilians imprisoned by Israel.
The fact that Hamas secured the release of so many average Palestinian civilians means these releases touch the lives of many.
In other news the situation in the West Bank remains extremely dangerous. Israel has been shifting its genocide to the West Bank. In the last two days an 11 year old boy was seen on video shot by an IOF sniper while I played on the sidewalk in Tulkarm. He's in critical condition.
Earlier in the week Israeli soldiers were shooting randomly into West Bank homes and murdered a two year old girl.
The news from the West Bank is such a mixed bag this week.
In another story of a released West Bank Palestinian, this father spent 20years in Israeli prison. He was abducted by the IOF while his wife was 5 months pregnant and he'd never gotten to meet his son until this week. His son is now a man and the two cried in each others arms at their first reunion this week.
It's wonderful to see all of the released prisonders but the reality remains that the genocide is on going and it's now most active in the West Bank and Lebanon.
This video below is from Jenin in the West Bank from a day or two ago. This can't be acceptable or normalized.
Another update from Gaza is that Hamas provided an updated list of high profile martyrs:
1- Chief of Staff of Al-Qassam Brigades Mohammed Deif
2- Deputy Chief of Staff of Al-Qassam Brigades Marwan Issa
3- Ghazi Tama'a (Commander of the Weapons Section)
4- Raed Thabet (Commander of the Human Resources Section)
5- Rafeh Salama (Commander of the Khan Younis Brigade)
Previously announced:
6- Ayman Nofal (Commander of the Central Brigade)
7- Ahmed Al-Ghandour (Commander of the Northern Brigade)
So far after each prisoner swap Hamas has been casually slipping in videos of commanders and politicians whom the IOF said were killed but appear to have survived.
Today's official release of high profile Hamas militants further denies Israel the ability to control the narrative on these deaths and others.
Yesterday the 4th swap of prisoners took place as part of the Gaza Deal.
A recently release Israeli who was held prisoner by Hamas was asked by reporters why she went out of her way to shake the hands of Al Qassam Brigade's fighters during her relase.
She says its because they treated the captives so well.
At the same time Palestinians released the same by Israel report being shackled, blindfolded, assaulted and starved for 7 months straight!
According to other #OSINT slueths after yesterdays swap Hamas outlined ways that Israel been violating the Gaza Deal.
Of top concern is the fact that Israel is continuing to not allow construction materials into Gaza.
At the time of posting I could not verify the below statement because Hamas' official website appears to be currently offline.
In addition to not holding up their end of the deal on basic aid, Israel continues to break the ceasefire and kill civilians at random for no apparent reason in Gaza.
Earlier today a civilian car on Rashid Street, west of Al-Nuseirat camp, in the central Gaza Strip was bombed by the IOF killing a child and injuring several Palestinians near by.
In the West Bank, Israel also today launched airstrikes on residential blocks in the city of Jenin, destroying 20 homes.
A clear sign that the Palestinian genocide isn't over, its just shifted to the West Bank.
Another major development in Gaza today is that an American mercenary outfit is now operating in Gaza in areas that the IOF wishes to continue controlling. This group is likely staffed by Americans.
The US based mercenaries were seen driving white trucks and being guided by IOF soldiers to where they will be stationed.
Trump has been meeting with wanted was criminal Netanyahu this week, after these me we meetings Trump unexpectedly suggested the idea of deploying US troops to Gaza to directly assist Israel in displacing Palestinians into neighboring countries.
This idea has been widely condemned by Arab countries and even Israel is beginning to down play as pledges mount from Jordan to join the war if the US becomes involved in the ground.
Rand Paul, a well known Republican dickhead who happens to occasionally take anti-war positions, seemed shocked that Trump would be so eager to get sucked into another dead end war demanded that Trump put America first and not intervene further in support of Israel.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5128041-rand-paul-trump-gaza/
Suddenly Democrats have found the will to block some military aid heading to Israel.
The 11 year old child that Israeli troops shot in the back on the 28th has now passed away.
His family posted video of the funeral.
Saddam Rajab, from Kafr al -Labad, east of Tulkarm, was playing on the sidewalk near his home when he was randomly targeted by an IOF sniper and shot.
The crime was caught on several security cameras and they show they child posed no threat to anyone. It was murder.
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Attached: 2 images In other news the situation in the West Bank remains extremely dangerous. Israel has been shifting its genocide to the West Bank. In the last two days an 11 year old boy was seen on video shot by an IOF sniper while I played on the sidewalk in Tulkarm. He's in critical condition. Earlier in the week Israeli soldiers were shooting randomly into West Bank homes and murdered a two year old girl. #WestBank #Tulkarm
#GazaDeal
Today there's another prisoner exchange taking place.
In a first #Hamas released 3 men who clearly had lost weight. Hamas said they could not always protect the prisoners from the famine in Gaza but they did their best.
The released Israelis thanked the resistance for feeding and protecting them from the IOF bombing. They encouraged negotiations to continue and for the ceasefire to be respected.
As has been typical of Hamas prisoner exchanges, they held a ceremony commemorating the historic ceasefire and presented the released Israelis for a brief media interview.
In another sign of the realities of the genocide on Gaza a Hamas fighter who'd lost a leg took part in the ceremony.
Nearly 1000 Hamas fighters were in attendance amid a crowd of civilians and media.
Israel released several Palestinians today as well. So far seven Palestinians held hostage by the IOF had to be transferred directly to hospitals.
While Hamas did everything they could keep their Israeli PoWs fed and sheltered its clear the IOF did everything possible to kill imprisoned Palestinians.
A man released today describes how his leg was amputated in an Israeli prison.
While Hamas was holding ceremonies for their PoWs and carefully guiding them to the Red Cross in the best condition they can... Israel was beating their prisoners all the way to the ambulance!
An elderly man who'd been abducted by Israelis over 20 years ago described his final moments in custody.
It's not all bad news. There's a lot of joy in Gaza and occupied Palestine during each of these prisoner releases.
This young father says he was held by the IOF a year and a month ago and had been held in a tourture camp. This is the first time he's meeting his son and he's over joyed to be free.
He says when he was abducted he didn't know if his wife and child would survive or even if they were expecting a boy or a girl.
Palestinians across Gaza continue documenting their return home.
Many are find their homes destroyed. What's crazy about this family's home is they were there when it was bombed and somehow survived.
Israel has been slow to let in the full amount of agreed heavy machinery into the Gaza strip. Making it harder for families to clear unstable parts of structures and to begin rebuilding.
While there is a ceasefire in Gaza, the Israelis have ramped up operations elsewhere.
In the West Bank Israel has been conducting tons of random arrests. They continue to barge into family gathers to stop celebration of prisoner exchanges. And they keep destroying infrastructure like roads.
Some West Bank cities have become too dangerous for aid workers to continue operating.
The increasingly brutal Israeli occupation of the West Bank is drawing active resistance.
On the 5th of February a young Palestinian infiltrated an IOF outpost in Tayasir the West Bank. He was able to gain access to the base and possibly to the watch tower itself and rained a hail of bullets down on the Israeli occupation troops below. Two reservist IOF soldiers died on the spot and a further 6 were hospitalized.
This same outpost in Tayasir West Bank was recently established in an illegal Zionist settler land grab.
After settlers arrived in the area they began sabotaging the local Palestinian's infrastructure.
Apparent ceasefire violations and more live reporting in posts by @Miro_Collas
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Major #GazaDeal news today, Hamas says they will not be releasing any more PoWs until Israel abides by the ceasefire terms. Israel has been blocking the agreed amount of aid and has continued to randomly kill civilians in Gaza.
Israeli representatives also physically left the negotiation summit prompting today's announcement from Hamas.
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Hamas released infographics to explain how Israel is breaking the Gaza ceasefire deal.
🚚 12k trucks were supposed to be let in. But 3.5k haven't been let in yet.
⛽ There's supposed to be 50 fuel trucks per day. Israel only lets in 15 a day.
⛺ 200k tents were expected. 20k have been delivered.
🚐 60k mobile structures. None have arrived
#Israel #Gaza #FreePalestine #Hamas #GazaDeal #Ceasefire #HumanitarianAid
On the 10th the UN published a news bulletin titled:
"Gaza crisis: Amid winter storms, humanitarians appeal for full aid access"
Which describes how close Gaza is to famine and is experiencing an extreme housing crisis.
The UN report clearly blames Israeli entry restrictions as a critical problem and breach of the #GazaDeal.
Aid workers are ready to scale up relief by the IOF won't let them!
As the Israeli military completed its withdrawal at the weekend from a key security corridor in Gaza that had cut the enclave in two, UN humanitarians issued a fresh appeal for an end to all aid restrictions which continue to prevent the delivery of lifesaving relief.
On average since the start of the Gaza ceasefire deal Israel has killed 6 Palestinians in Gaza per day!
In Gaza today the 6th batch of prisoners was released by Hamas. Three Israelis attended a farewell ceremony and were handed over to the Red Cross. They appeared to be healthy and had no signs of injury.
This week's #osint tidbit is that the Al Qassams Brigade fielded a squad of fighters wearing captured IOF uniforms modified in Palestinian trim 😂
The soldiers carried Israeli rifles and gave interviews urging Israel to stick to the ceasefire deal.
Nows the part where we compare treatment of prisoners.
Prior to this week's #GazaDeal prisoner swap Hamas provided video of Israeli prisoner Alexander Troufanov being taken to the beach and clearly in good health.
Israeli society has been hurling a lot of claims that Hamas harmed captives when so far there's really only evidence that Israel's genocide was the only thing threatening captives lives.
Many of the Palestinians freed today were held for decades. This man spent 15 years as an IOF hostage.
A man from the Gaza Strip explained the horrible torture he suffered in the Israeli run prisons.
#gazagenocide #Gaza #gazadeal #Israel #Palestine #FreePalestine
Today Israeli president Netanyahu is once again threatening to exit the ceasefire deal and starve Gaza.
Supplies are very thin in the Gaza strip and within days people could be once again facing wide spread hunger.
Israel demands Hamas immediately release all of the remaining Israelis held in Gaza. Which is of course counter to the planned ceasefire deal which had staggered releases in exchange for increasing humanitarian aid plus less IOF troops in Gaza.
It's official, Israel has completely broken the ceasefire agreement in Gaza by halting all humanitarian aid deliveries into the strip.
Israel's neighbors Jordan & Egypt have condemned the idea and expressed support for Hamas' commitment to uphold the Gaza Deal and are demanding Israel stop dicking around.
Yemen has vowed to resume the full blockade of Israeli goods and this may include Israeli allies should they threaten Yemen.
Why is it such a big deal Israel is stopping aid, water and fuel into the Gaza Strip?
Because Israel never let in the agreed amount of aid in the first place. Gaza is estimated to only have a day or two worth of food for the entire population at any given point in the past few weeks.
The Gaza strip could be facing an extremely severe starvation risk by the end of this week if this blockade is not stopped.
Attached: 2 images Hamas released infographics to explain how Israel is breaking the Gaza ceasefire deal. 🚚 12k trucks were supposed to be let in. But 3.5k haven't been let in yet. ⛽ There's supposed to be 50 fuel trucks per day. Israel only lets in 15 a day. ⛺ 200k tents were expected. 20k have been delivered. 🚐 60k mobile structures. None have arrived #Israel #Gaza #FreePalestine #Hamas #GazaDeal #Ceasefire #HumanitarianAid
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