{"id":13309,"date":"2023-11-25T17:31:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T17:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/business\/relief-and-pain-ripple-across-israel-after-first-hostages-released\/"},"modified":"2023-11-25T17:31:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T17:31:03","slug":"relief-and-pain-ripple-across-israel-after-first-hostages-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=13309","title":{"rendered":"Relief and pain ripple across Israel after first hostages released"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for free<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description\"><span>Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=a80ad614-55ce-4fcc-b23b-185677869209\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>A slim boy with dark hair and spectacles dashed down an Israeli hospital corridor towards a man in a checked shirt, who scooped him into a bear hug. After 49 days in captivity, including his birthday, nine-year-old Ohad Munder-Zichri was finally back in his father\u2019s arms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Along with his mother Keren and grandmother Ruti, Ohad was one of 13 Israelis freed by Palestinian militant group Hamas on Friday evening. The tender reunion between father and son swept across Israeli social media in a moment of respite for a nation gripped by its worst ever hostage crisis.<\/p>\n<p>But that optimism is attenuated by anxiety as some 200 Israelis remain in captivity \u2014 including Ohad\u2019s grandfather, 78-year-old Avraham.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"n-content-image n-content-image--full\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 700px)\"  width=\"1970\" height=\"1313\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 490px)\"  width=\"1526\" height=\"1526\"><\/source><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/https:\/\/d1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net\/production\/0f490cd3-ac7e-468f-99e4-dc0ec3455780.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-image-type=\"image\" width=\"1970\" height=\"1313\"><\/picture><figcaption class=\"n-content-picture__caption\"><span>Ohad Munder-Zichri was released from Gaza on Friday but his grandfather is still being held hostage<\/span><span> <!-- -->\u00a9 via REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Noam Alon, whose girlfriend Inbar Haiman was snatched after attending the Nova music festival, said he was happy to see 85-year-old Yaffa Adar reunited with her grandson. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are not a lot of moments we can smile, and to see her back with her grandson is something special,\u201d he said at a press conference on Saturday. \u201cAnd I want to have the same with Inbar, I want every family to have the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He vowed to keep up the pressure for their release: \u201cWe are expecting to see everyone freed, we want our government to do everything to continue the deal.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Under a four-day truce brokered by Qatar, Egypt and the US, Hamas has agreed to gradually release 50 women and children from captivity in Gaza, while Israel will free 150 Palestinians \u2014 mostly women, children and teenagers \u2014 from its prisons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Hamas released 13 Israelis, 10 Thai nationals and one person from the Philippines. In exchange, Israel freed 39 jailed Palestinians, prompting scenes of jubilation in parts of the occupied West Bank.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"n-content-image n-content-image--full\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 700px)\"  width=\"2290\" height=\"1526\"><\/source><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/https:\/\/d1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net\/production\/cf1d0d5c-c57a-444f-b86e-0bfb6d33b896.jpg\" alt=\"Released Palestinian prisoner Qusai Taqatqa hugs his mother\" data-image-type=\"image\" width=\"2290\" height=\"1526\"><\/picture><figcaption class=\"n-content-picture__caption\"><span>Released Palestinian prisoner Qusai Taqatqa hugs his mother<\/span><span> <!-- -->\u00a9 REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The pause in fighting, triggered by Hamas\u2019 unprecedented attack in southern Israel last month that killed 1,200 people, has brought respite to the 2.3mn people living in the Gaza strip. At least 13,300 people have been killed in the intense Israeli bombardment, Palestinian health officials say, while 1.7mn have been forced to flee their homes, creating a humanitarian crisis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli military has vowed to continue fighting after the ceasefire ends. The freeing of the first hostages \u201cfills us with relief\u201d, said IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari in a video posted on social media network X. But, he added, \u201cIsrael will dismantle Hamas by the end of this war\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>While the release of hostages has brought good news for some families, many others still do not know if their relatives have survived.<\/p>\n<p>After the first group of detainees was released on Friday, Noam Peri said she had received word that her father, 85-year-old peace activist Haim, was alive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"n-content-image n-content-image--full\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 700px)\"  width=\"2290\" height=\"1526\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 490px)\"  width=\"1526\" height=\"1526\"><\/source><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/https:\/\/d1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net\/production\/7c355049-addc-4f03-b19e-0a02defa579b.jpg\" alt=\"Hostages\u2019 families watch news footage as the first batch of detainees were released on Friday night\" data-image-type=\"image\" width=\"2290\" height=\"1526\"><\/picture><figcaption class=\"n-content-picture__caption\"><span>Hostages\u2019 families watch news footage as the first batch of detainees were released on Friday night<\/span><span> <!-- -->\u00a9 Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt brings a lot of hope and yet [at the same time] we feel it\u2019s very urgent to let them all out,\u201d she said, adding that Haim depended on medication after suffering a heart attack some time ago. \u201cWe don\u2019t know how much time they\u2019re going to be able to hold on there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nadav Rudaeff believes his 61-year-old father Lior is being held by Hamas but has had no proof that he is still alive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are still here 50 days later, trying to convince and demand the communities in Israel and around the world to come forth and help us in bringing the pressure for everyone to be released,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very important and it cannot go silent until every last one of them is coming back.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/a80ad614-55ce-4fcc-b23b-185677869209\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. 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