Six Israeli women and seven children and teenagers among those released by Hamas late on Saturday; Palestinian crowds in West Bank cheer prisoners freed by Israel
The 17 hostages freed by Hamas late on Saturday included Maya Regev, the first of the hostages taken from the Supernova music festival to be released since Hamas fighters swooped on the event during their attack on southern Israel on 7 October, Agence France-Presse reports.
Regev, 21, and her 18-year-old brother Itay, who was also abducted from the festival, were shown tied up in the back of a pick-up truck in a video posted on social media after the attack.
Nonetheless, my heart is split because my son Itay is still in Hamas captivity in Gaza.
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