Middle Eastern correspondent
BBC News

Israel says that an indefinite disposal of release is more than 600 Palestinian prisoners, in the second potentially the main return in the process of truce.
Benjamin Netanyahu said the edition would now be postponed until the next section of Hamas hostage – and without what the Israeli prime call called by degradacing Hamas ceremonies.
His comments came after six Israeli hostages, including four kidnapped during the 7th. October 2023. Deadly Hamass attack on Israel, were released on Saturday.
In the first phase, only another submission of the head is only at the time, which will include four who died in captivity.
There is no schedule to release other living hostages, because they take place in the phase two of the truce, have not yet been made.
Mediators will work overtime to return to the offer on the track and prevent possible collapse of truce.
Netanyahu accused Hamas “repeated violations,” including “cynical hostage use for propaganda”.
In response, Hamas Izzat Al-Rish official, strongly condemned a decision to dispose of the release of prisoners in a statement on Sunday morning.
He said that the Israeli claim is that the ceremonies are handed over to a humiliating “false claim and false argument” directed to whitening their obligations under the interruption agreement.
Netanyahu’s statement came after four then the prisoners of the captured 7. October – Tal Shoham, Omer Schemer, Eliya Cohen and Omer Wenkert – were released on Saturday.
Two other published hostages, Aver Mengista and Hisham al-pronounced for years were held in Gaza – Mr. Mengista since 2014. years and Mr. Al-Sayed since 2015.
Six Israeli hostages are the final life waves returning as part of the first phase of an arrangement of the fire that is set to the end of the next Saturday.
Meanwhile outside the state of prison in the occupied western bank, families and friends were waiting for the release of Palestin prisoners.
The 80-year-old mother in Khan Younis, Gaza, told the AFP newspaper, which “cannot believe” her son would be free after 33 years in prison.
By evening, Hamas accused Israel to violate the agreement by postponing release.
According to the Palestinian authorities, 50 prisoners who will be released, they served to life sentences, 60 had long sentences, and 445 credited from 7. October.
There are 62 hostages recorded 7. October 2023. He still holds Hamas, believed to be about half.
Hamas began to play hostages, facilitated the Red Cross, in exchange for Palestinian prisoners after the fifth break agreement entered into force on the 19th. January.
The initial chaotic scenes became more choreographing, with hostages that fought on the stages before miners.

Saturday, Mr. Shoham, 40, and g. Mengista, 39, in Rafa, in Rafah in South Gaza, were transferred to South Gaza before transferred to Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).
Mr. Shoham was visiting the family in Kibbutz, Refrigerator in October 2023. year when Hamas kidnapped him and others, including his wife and two children. His captured family members were released after 50 days.
In the statement, his family said, “This is an unforgettable moment, where all emotions interfere quickly together. Our tal is with us.”
Mr. Mengista, who is Ethiop-Israel, held Hamas from September 2014. year when he moved to North Gaza.
He and Mr. Al-Sayed, Bedouin Arabic Israeli who entered Gaza in 2015. years, both suffered with mental health problems in the past, according to their families.
Mr. Al-Sayed’s edition was conducted privately in the city of Gaza on Saturday.
“After almost a decade of fighting for Hisham’s return, a long-awaited moment arrived,” his family told the statement.
“During these days, we need privacy for Hisham and the whole family so that we can start to take care of His and yourself.”

Separately, in Nuseirat in the central Gaza, Mr. Schema Tov, 22, g. Cohen, 27, and g. Wenkert, 23, were released from another public show Hamas.
All three were taken captured to the new music festival.
Mr. Schemet, initially ran away by car when Hamas hung on the festival at the festival, but was captured when he returned to save his friends.
Mr. Cohen hid a girl alive Abud in the shelter at the festival, but he was found and drove. The shelter was bombed, but Mrs. Abud survived and escaped.
Mr. Wenkert managed to send text messages to his family when the festival-leaders were attacked, to tell them he goes into a safe shelter, but lost contact with him.




The crowds in the Tel Aviva’s haspe Square welcomed public editions with joy as they watched them take place on live food.
Families that celebrate the return of six men called for release of all remaining hostages.
“Our only request is to take advantage of this window opportunity to ensure a deal that … return all the hostages home,” Mr. Shohama’s family said.
The remaining waves include Edana Aleksandra, 21-year-old Israeli-American soldier captured 7. October.
His mother, Yael Aleksandar, who watched on Saturday, the edition of the hostage, said the BBC that “amazing” to see them released them, but for her family “very difficult.”
“There are more than dozens of young men living, like my son, he is still waiting to be released,” she said. “This is the main goal, to let the lives of Gaza be released now.”
Saturday Joy Scene are contrary to earlier this week, when the bodies of Taokova Shiri Bibas, its two young sons and another trapped go to Lifschitz returned to Israel.
About 1,200 people – mostly civilians – were killed in Hamas 7 attacks. October 2023. and 251 others returned to Gaza as hostages.
Israel launched a massive military campaign against Hamas in response, who killed at least 48,319 Palestinians – mostly civilians – towards the Hammas-Run Ministry.
2025-02-23 10:04:00