Three more Israeli hostages freed by Hamas militants at a ceremony in central Gaza Saturday were now in the custody of Israeli forces, the military said. Eliya Cohen, Omer Shem Tov and Omer Wenkert were paraded by masked militants on stage where they waved and held release certificates before they were handed over to officials from the Red Cross. Earlier in the day, two additional Israeli men were released in Rafah—one had been imprisoned for over a decade, and the other since the Hamas attack on October 7th. Noga Tarnopolsky describes the joy felt by the Israeli population.
