Israelis held hostage in Gaza - part 3

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Part 3.

I hope they come home soon and there's no need for a part 4.

Qatar confirms medicine and aid for hostages and civilians entered Gaza

A shipment of medicine for Israeli hostages and Palestinian civilians has entered the Gaza Strip, a Qatari foreign ministry spokesperson has confirmed.

Posting to social media, Majed Al Ansari said medicine and aid “for the benefit of civilians in the Strip, including hostages” had entered the territory on Wednesday under a deal announced on Tuesday.

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Kfirs birthday today. If the family is alive, he turns 1. 💔

there was confusion about the date of his birthday.(my opinion) is it was possibly because the Jewish year runs on a lunar calendar which runs alongside the solar calendar but doesn’t perfectly match up every year.

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Relatives of Israeli hostage Kfir Bibas have this week held a first birthday celebration for the baby who was snatched on 7 October and abducted into Gaza during the Hamas attack inside southern Israel.

The youngest hostage to be kidnapped would be celebrating the milestone tomorrow. AFP reports his family are marking the occasion with a cake and candles at kibbutz Nir Oz.

Birthday decorations and a cake with a picture of Kfir Bibas, the youngest hostage to be kidnapped by Hamas on 7 October, are on display in kibbutz Nir Oz. Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images

Unfortunately the photo of Kfirs cake and decorations hasn't copied and isn't in the link but can be seen on the Guardian live feed [Page 6] at about 11.30am yesterday

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@EllaDisenchanted statement from the Red Cross denying they are facilitating the delivery of the medicine and disagreeing with hamas' who said they would be delivering it to hospitals.

According to Al Jazeera the medical aid has been delivered but it's a slightly garbled so here is the clearest part

Aid received is ‘very limited
’Tareq Abu Azzoum

The majority of aid that has been allowed inside the Gaza Strip has been delivered and transported to the most desperate areas.

A number of [the aid trucks] went to international organisations in order to be distributed later to the Palestinian Ministry of Health to keep the sector operating.

There's no specific mention of medical aid for hostages as far as I can see tho' that doesn't rule out it being delivered too

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This is a bit clearer from the Guardian

A Qatari foreign ministry spokesperson has admitted that it is difficult to confirm if a shipment of medicine has reached Israeli hostages held in Gaza.

On Wednesday, Majed Al-Ansari said medicine and aid for Israeli hostages and Palestinian civilians had entered Gaza under a deal mediated by Qatar and France.

It came a day after Doha announced a deal “between Israel and [Hamas], where medicine along with other humanitarian aid is to be delivered to civilians in Gaza … in exchange for delivering medication needed for Israeli captives in Gaza”.

Al-Ansari told CNN today that 11 tonnes of medical supplies were delivered to Palestinian health authorities in Gaza through Egypt, and that there is every “likelihood” that the medication has reached the hostages held in Gza since the 7 October attacks. He added:

''The security situation is certainly not easy. It would be very difficult to involve the Red Cross or any other organisation at the moment.''

As we reported earlier, the International Committee of the Red Cross has that it is not playing any part in delivering medicine to Israeli hostages being held in Gaza as part of the deal.

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson Daniel Hagari said yesterday it does “not have the ability to guarantee” that medicine will reach Israeli hostages in Gaza.

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hersch Goldbergs mother speaking on day 100.

I saw this in Haaretz this evening and thought people might be interested. There were reports of the IDF digging Palestinians ( thought to be) up from their graves a few weeks ago.

Unfortunately there is no further information about who they are and whether they have been returned to their families yet.

“The IDF said troops took corpses from cemeteries in Gaza in cases where there is a real suspicion that they are those of Israeli hostages. The IDF said that where the bodies were identified as not being hostages, they are returned to Gaza.”

@EllaDisenchanted

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Such strength.

They could have names him.
His name is Kfir Bibas.

*named (I apologise)

Hamas has released a video saying that hostage Ohad Yahalomi has died in captivity.

Ohad's 12 year old son Eitan who was released in November is the little boy who was forced to watch video of the October 7th massacres.

Somebody just posted this on Twitter. It's a list of the remaining hostages, with ages.

Thanks for posting that @StarbucksSmarterSister.

I can’t see Noa argamani on there , can anyone else ?

@Kaffeebitte I’ve been thinking the exact same thing I’ve double and triple checked it and she’s not there. Not sure what that means.

Where did the list come from? Ie is it official or made by the person on twitter ?

No idea who made it, I just saw it shared on Twitter.

Strange Noa isn't on it.

Hostage deal for two month ceasefire has fallen through

https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-rejects-israels-offer-for-two-month-pause-for-release-of-hostages/amp/

Thoughts for all the hostages who continue to be treated like human pawns. They shouldn’t have to pay for the crimes committed by the hideous power hungry men on both sides of this.

That's awful. Hamas just don't care about their people.

This may have led to a permanent ceasefire

I can’t understand why the Israelis don’t just agree to a full ceasefire. I mean , it’s not as if it would be out of character to break it. Just agree to anything to get the hostages back at this point.

But why would a 2 month pause be helpful to Gaza ? Just so they could be bombed again in eight weeks ? They need aid and hospital ships not more bombs, it’s hell on earth there right now, there is nowhere left to run.
Hamas have said they would release all the hostages in exchange for a permanent ceasefire and withdrawal of IDF from Gaza, Netanyahu has rejected that.

It’s a desperate stalemate at the moment with no end.