183 Palestinian Prisoners Freed in Exchange for Israeli Hostages

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Three Israeli hostages were released by Hamas in the latest stage of the Gaza ceasefire deal. In exchange, Israel freed 183 Palestinian prisoners. CGTN correspondent, Rami Almeghari, reports from Gaza City.  #Gaza #Israel #Hamas #HostageExchange #Ceasefire #MiddleEast #Palestine #Conflict #BreakingNews

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00:00Actually, the prisoners, as you just mentioned, 184, have been released by Israel.

00:09111 of those who were arrested by the Israeli army on the eve of that,

00:17after the 7 October attack by Hamas, a number of them, dozens of them,

00:24are those of high sentences.

00:28Another dozen, actually, of those who have been sentenced to life imprisonment.

00:35A number of these prisoners will be deported.

00:40Reports say seven of them will be deported, actually, out of the Gaza Strip

00:47in terms of that ceasefire deal that has been signed between Israel and Hamas.

00:54Those prisoners have been welcomed by the Gaza hospitals for medically checked

01:01before they see their beloved ones and their family members in the Gaza Strip.

01:07That's actually the scene after the successful transfer of three Israeli hostages

01:14to the International Committee of the Red Cross.

01:17The prisoner swap went smooth today, actually,

01:21and this will be followed by other steps instated in that deal

01:27that the Israeli army will withdraw from populated areas,

01:31from the Netzerim corridor or Salah al-Din corridor in the center of the Gaza Strip

01:38to the east of the Gaza Strip,

01:40and it is said that the Israeli army will go deep into the Palestinian territories,

01:46about 10 kilometers.

01:47This is unlike the situation before the 7 October attack

01:52where the Israeli forces were stationed about 300 meters away

01:58from the Palestinian populated areas,

02:01the Palestinian farmland on the east of the Gaza Strip.

02:05Also the Netzerim corridor will be used for the vehicles to go and come both ways on the road,

02:14unlike the past three weeks where only vehicles going or coming to the Gaza city

02:22or northern Gaza allowed to run on that road.

02:25Now both ways will be open for the population starting from Saturday morning, Sunday.

02:33And let us mention here that the second stage, the talks about the second stage will start soon,

02:40and the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu preempted this by saying or hinting

02:45at what he believes to be that the talks will be difficult and more difficult and more complicated.

02:53That's the situation for the time being right now in Gaza.

02:57And lastly, for the first time, two of the prisoners, the hostages,

03:02were released from the middle area, the central Gaza Strip, the town of Deir el-Bala.

03:08This is the first thing to have at this fifth stage of the hostages released by Hamas in Gaza.

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