Who are the two Israeli hostages that Hamas released today, Thursday, after extending the truce?

Hamas released two Israeli hostages in Gaza on Thursday afternoon, awaiting the release of more abductees this day, in an unusual daylight handover.

The two released are: Mia striped21 years old, and Amit Susana40.

Shem was kidnapped on October 7 when she was at a party on the border with Gaza, where Palestinian terrorists committed a major massacre, and media outlets reported such as Haaretz They talk about about 360 deaths.

It was on the verge of The first hostage to whom Hamas sent a videoThis happened a few days after the October 7 attack.

The pictures showed her being injured in the arm and asking Israel to release her.

“They took care of me and gave me medicine. I just ask you to bring me home as soon as possible to my family, my parents and my brothers. Please get me out of here as soon as possible,” the hostage said in the recording, as a health worker wrapped a bandage around her.

As she explained, she sustained “serious injuries to her hand” during her kidnapping, and the terrorists took her to Gaza, where, she said, she was treated for three hours for her wound.

For this part, Susana She is a lawyer and resides in Kibbutz Kfar Azzaan Israeli community also adjacent to Gaza, where he was She was kidnapped while hiding in her home shelter.

According to what was known that day He was at home with a fever. His family said The Times of Israel Which He sent them a message saying he heard gunshots and was going to hide in his safe room.. From then on they received no news until three weeks later, when it was confirmed that she was one of the hostages.

With the release of these two women, there are now 99 prisoners freed from Gaza, including 75 Israelis and 24 foreigners. As part of the hostage exchange agreement between Israel and Hamas, 210 Palestinian prisoners have been released since last Friday. Almost all of them are women and minors on both sides.

The two hostages were handed over to the Red Cross, which transferred them to Israeli special forces “adjacent to the security fence with the Gaza Strip,” after which they are now in Israeli territory and on their way to the Hatzarim military base in the West Bank. Negev Desert region of Israel.

“More hostages are expected to be handed over during the next few hours,” the army added this afternoon. According to the media, Hamas sent a list of ten prisoners, including eight Israelis and two people with Russian and Israeli citizenship, among the ten daily hostages who hold Israeli citizenship and whom it is handing over as part of the truce.

As Hamas announced, the list of 30 Palestinian prisoners expected to be released today includes eight women – all members of the Palestinian community and holding Israeli citizenship – and 22 minors, most of them from various governorates of the West Bank.

All this is happening on the seventh day of the truce between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, which was extended on Thursday for another day.

(With information from EFE, AFP, AP)