Eight Israeli hostages have been released from inside Gaza after a last-minute extension to the truce deal between Israel and Hamas. Israel also freed 30 Palestinian detainees, eight women and 22 children, who were not named.
Tel Aviv named two of those released by Hamas: 21-year-old Mia Schem, who also holds French citizenship, and 40-year-old Amit Soussana. Four of the eight freed were women aged 29 to 41 including one Mexican-Israeli dual national. The other two were a brother and sister, Belal and Aisha al-Ziadna, aged 18 and 17 respectively, according to the Israeli prime minister’s office. They are Bedouin Arab citizens of Israel and among four members of their family taken hostage while they were milking cows on a farm.
