(29 Apr 2025)
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Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip – 29 April 2025
1. Red Cross vehicle carrying released Palestinian detainees arriving at Aqsa Hospital
2. Various of released Palestinian leaving Red Cross vehicle
3. Various of medic Asaad al-Nsasrah, who was released by Israel, leaving emergency department
4. Various of released Palestinian leaving with his relative
5. Various of doctor checking on released Palestinian
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammad al-Sharif, released Palestinian detainee:
"Today is a new date of birth for me because I saw my family safe and alive because while I was in captivity I thought that I would not find any of my family members and relatives. And today is a great joy but it is incomplete because the captives gave us a message to carry: that everyone must work to release them peacefully and that they all want to live in security, safety and peace."
7. Various of released Palestinian leaving with his family
STORYLINE:
Ten Palestinians detainees released by Israel arrived at Aqsa Hospital in a Red Cross vehicle on Tuesday, where they were examined by doctors.
Some of them had been held for around five or six months.
The Palestinian Red Crescent aid group said one of its medics, Asaad al-Nsasrah, was released by Israel.
He had been detained since Israeli forces killed several of his colleagues on March 23 — eight medics with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, six members of the Hamas government’s Civil Defense rescue group, and a United Nations staffer.
Israeli troops bulldozed over the bodies along with their mangled vehicles, burying them in a mass grave.
U.N. and rescue workers were only able to reach the site a week later.
Among the released Palestinians is Mohammad al-Sharif who was taken from Rafah.
He said it felt like he had been given a "new date of birth" because he can finally see his family again.
"While I was in captivity I thought that I would not find any of my family members and relatives," he said.
Their release comes as the war in the Gaza Strip continues.
The Palestinian Health Ministry says at least 2,273 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel resumed the war last month.
In total, Israel has killed more than 52,000 Palestinians, the majority of them women and children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
The ministry does not distinguish between militants and civilians in its count.
Since Israel ended the ceasefire last month, its forces have seized more than half of the coastal territory.
The Israeli military has been striking homes, shelters and public areas daily, saying it is targeting Hamas militants.
The war in Gaza started when the Palestinian militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting 251.
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