Israeli female soldier hostages Naama Levy, Daniella
Gilboa, Karina Ariev and Liri Albag, in no particular order, and on a stage in
front of a Palestinian crowd before being handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza
City, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abed Hajjar)
Four female soldiers held hostage by Hamas for 477 days —
Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa, Naama Levy, and Liri Albag — were released by
the terror group on Saturday after being paraded through a Gaza City square
before being handed over to the Red Cross.
Dozens of armed and masked Hamas and Palestinian Islamic
Jihad gunmen formed a cordon around a stage that had been set up in the square.
A drone could be seen distributing candy to members of the crowd.
After the arrival of the Red Cross vehicles, the four
hostages were brought into the square in separate vehicles. Dressed in olive
garb meant to look like IDF uniforms and clutching “gift bags” from Hamas, the
young women were marched onto a stage festooned with slogans in English and
Arabic like “Palestine: The victory of
the oppressed people vs the Nazi Zionism.
All four of the women appeared in good physical condition
as they went up on stage, holding hands, waving to the crowd and smiling before
being escorted by masked gunmen into the waiting Red Cross vehicles.
Their appearance was in stark contrast to the images of
the young soldiers seen after they were captured on October 7, 2023, at the
Nahal Oz military base, bloodied and frightened as they were dragged into Gaza
in their pajamas.
Credit: TOI
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