THIS is the moment Hamas thugs handed over terrified women and children after holding them captive for 48 days.
The hostages stared into space as the fighters freed them from their grips – leading them from blacked-out vans to Red Cross 4x4s.
ReutersHamas thugs today handed back 13 Israeli women and kids – including young Ohad Munder[/caption]
REUTERSA white-haired woman was seen too weak to walk the short distance between vehicles[/caption]
SkyNews this evening reported eight hostages – four women and four children – had been raced to hospital in the hours after they were freed.
Medics said however that they were in “good condition”.
Footage of the innocent women and children being released is hard to watch – with one woman unable to even walk on her own.
She could be seen gripping onto the Hamas fighter as he carried her the short distance between the two vehicles.
A young boy, nine-year-old Ohad Munder, could be seen being led towards Red Cross medical staff.
He was freed alongside 12 others – some of whom had to be held as they tried to walk to freedom.
The women and children were released after being held hostage for nearly 50 days, and will soon be reunited with their families.
Young Ohad could be seen looking bemused and scared as he was cuddled by a hooded Hamas fighter wearing a green bandana and combat fatigues.
The boy’s family had pleaded for him to be released in mid-October as they feared he would spend his ninth birthday in the Hamas’ grips.
Devastatingly, football-loving Ohad did just that.
The youngster’s mum, Keren Munder, 54, could be seen following closely behind him today.
More women and children also escaped kidnap hell today – were caught on video looking frightened as they clambered between the vehicles.
The group of nine women and four young children are now back in Israel after being escorted out of Gaza to the Rafah border by the Red Cross.
People could be seen cheering as each hostage was placed in one of the 4x4s.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu‘s office confirmed on Friday evening that 13 Israeli hostages and 11 foreign nationals were freed.
He said in a video statement: “I emphasise to you, the families, and to you, the citizens of Israel: We are committed to returning all our hostages.
“This is one of the war’s objectives, and we’re committed to achieving all of the war’s objectives.”
We are committed to returning all our hostages.
Benjamin Netanyahu
In return for the hostages, 39 Palestinian women and children detained in Israeli prisons were freed, a Qatari official said.
Among those freed today were Danielle Aloni and her six-year-old daughter Emilia who were horrifyingly kidnapped in Kibbutz Nir Oz while they were visiting family.
Danielle’s sister and brother-in-law Sharon Aloni-Cunio and David Cunio are reportedly still hostages alongside their three-year-old twin daughters.
Adina Moshe, 72, was also taken from her home in Nir Oz moments after her husband was slaughtered by the terrorists and Doron Katz Asher, 34, and her two brave young daughters Aviv and Raz were all kidnapped in the same area.
The mother and her two and four-year-old girls were taken as they visited a relatives house.
Keren and Ohan Munder and Ruth Munder, 78, were all released today after they were rounded up and forced to leave Ruth’s house.
Ruth’s partner and Ohad’s grandfather is thought to still be held by Hamas as only women and children were among those let go.
Hana Katzir, 76, was also sensationally freed after Hamas forces reportedly claimed she had died earlier this week.
The final three people saved in the first set of releases were Margalit Moses, 77, Yaffa Adar, 85, and Hanna Peri, 79.
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