
Israeli hostage Hila Rotem, 13, has been released but her mom is still a captive - Does the Deal allow this ?
Hila's uncle Yaie and a family friend met her in israel, along with Emily Hand, another liberated child captive. Emily was kidnapped while visiting Hila's residence in Kibbutz Be'eri. Emily was first thought to have been murdered. "Emily has returned to us!" "After 50 challenging and complicated days, we can't find the words to describe our emotions," her family wrote in a statement to CBS News.
On saturday night, october 25, a second batch of 17 hostages kidnapped by Hamas during the october 7 incident were freed. In exchange, 39 Palestinian women and children who were imprisoned in israel were also released. According to the office of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 13 Israelis and four Thai nationals were released. Six Israeli women between the ages of 18 and 67, as well as seven Israeli children aged 3 to 16, were allegedly freed.