Israel Says Hamas Has Released 13 Hostages, A Total Of 20 Hostages Freed

Illustration. The location of the evacuation in Gaza with the background of the Gaza Port has fallen into the Mediterranean Sea, destroyed by Israeli military attacks since October 2023. (Abedallah Alhaj-UNRWA-commons.wikimedia.org)

JAKARTA - The Israeli military revealed that Hamas had released 13 hostages who were still alive through the Red Cross in Gaza, Palestine, today, Monday, October 13.

The Israeli military will then bring the hostages back to Israel. With the release of these Israeli hostages, a complete 20 hostages have been released by Hamas.

According to information provided by the Red Cross, 13 hostages have been transferred to their detainees and are on their way to IDF (military) and ISA (security agency) forces in the Gaza Strip, read an Israeli military statement, quoted from AN.

Hamas had previously released seven hostages part of the ceasefire agreement after two years of Israel's widespread ground attacks on Gaza killed 67,000 Palestinians, including children and women.

The seven hostages are expected to reunite with their families after undergoing medical examination in Israel.

The bodies of the other 28 hostages who were killed are also expected to be handed over by Hamas as part of the initial ceasefire agreement, although the exact time is still unclear.