00:00ДИНАМИЧНАЯ МУЗЫКА
00:01ДИНАМИЧНАЯ МУЗЫКА
00:02А total of 20 individuals were freed as part of the fragile ceasefire deal
00:11brokered between Israel and Hamas in early October,
00:14which was hailed by European leaders.
00:17In exchange, Israel freed nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.
00:21Following these major events, a number of European journalists,
00:24commentators and social media users have alleged
00:27that not a single woman survived the horrors of captivity in Gaza.
00:31Although it is true that only men were released during the last hostage deal,
00:35these claims do not take into account the wider context.
00:38On 7th October 2023, Hamas took 251 hostages from Israel into Gaza.
00:4451 of them were women, 200 were male, while 37 were children.
00:48More than two years on, the last remaining living hostages
00:51returned to Israel on 30th October.
00:53The full list of these 20 living hostages is publicly available
00:57and includes only men.
00:59However, there is a reason for this.
01:02Women, civilians and children were released first
01:04during the successive hostage deals brokered between Israel and Hamas.
01:08Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commented on this in November 2023,
01:13referring to tough decisions in the context of Israel negotiating
01:16the release of infants and children, mothers and women.
01:19Additionally, media reports, as well as official communications
01:22from the IDF and Israeli government,
01:25confirm that female hostages have been freed during prior deals.
01:29On the 15th October, the body of the last female hostage
01:32was returned to Israel,
01:33following identification carried out by forensic experts.
01:37So although there were no female hostages released
01:40as part of the last deal brokered between Israel and Hamas,
01:43many had been freed previously.
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