(14 Feb 2025)
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Tel Aviv, Israel – 14 February 2025
1. Various of people buying yellow flowers, a colour that has become symbolic in the hostage issue, to be handed over to hostages’ families.
2. Girl playing piano at Hostages Square, with yellow structure reading (English) “You are not alone,” in background
3. Mid of clock showing length of time hostages have been held in Gaza
4. People lighting Shabbat candles
5. Close of candles
6. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Dany Miran, father of hostage Omri Miran being held in Gaza:
“Tomorrow, Saturday, we will receive three gifts (hostages). About an hour ago, they informed us that the three gifts would return. I am very optimistic, (US) President (Donald) Trump, and the stages will continue to be implemented, and I hope and believe that my son Omri will be with us on Passover Eve and sing with us, ‘What Has Changed Tonight’.”
6. Pan from people gathered to man playing music
7. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Ester Taranto, Kibbutz Nahal Oz resident:
“We are sending you (the hostages) a message, a message of love and we miss you so much, stay strong a little bit more, really a little bit more and you will come home.”
8. Sand timer structure in square, with banner reading (Hebrew) “Time moves and goes away"
9. Various of posters of hostages
STORYLINE:
Participants in a Sabbath ceremony in Tel Aviv expressed their joy on Friday at the announcement that three more Israeli hostages are set for release from Gaza.
Hamas and a forum representing families of hostages identified the three to be freed Saturday as Israeli-Argentinian Iair Horn, 46; Israeli-American Sagui Dekel Chen, 36; and Israeli-Russian Alexander (Sasha) Troufanov, 29.
“Tomorrow, Saturday, we will receive three gifts (hostages),” said Dany Miran, father of hostage Omri Miran, during a ceremony at the city plaza known as Hostages Square.
Hamas-led militants released the names of the male hostages in the latest indication that the fragile ceasefire deal that had teetered in recent days will hold.
The three named men were taken from the same hard-hit kibbutz on October 7, 2023.
The news came after Hamas said Thursday it would release the next three Israeli hostages as planned this weekend in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, raising the prospect of resolving a major dispute over the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Israel, with the support of U.S. President Donald Trump, has said it will resume fighting if the hostages are not freed, but did not immediately comment on the statement by Hamas.
Hamas had said it was going to delay the hostage release because Israel wasn’t keeping up its side of the ceasefire agreement.
Hamas said Israel wasn’t allowing enough shelters, medical supplies, fuel and heavy equipment for clearing rubble into Gaza, among other alleged violations of the truce.
The sides have carried out five swaps since the ceasefire began on January 19, freeing 21 hostages and over 730 Palestinian prisoners so far during the first phase of the truce.
The war could resume if no agreement is reached on the more complicated second phase, which calls for the return of all remaining hostages captured in Hamas’ attack on October 7, 2023, and an indefinite extension of the truce.
AP video shot by Bar Paz
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