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“Children aged 8 and 4 were cursing ‘the Jews,’” Liri Albag said.
The release of the first seven Israeli hostages brought the U.S. president to tears, said his Mideast envoy.
The outposts are being reinforced with troops redeployed from the Netzarim Corridor in central Gaza.
“We will not allow a return to the reality of the 7th of October,” the Israeli defense minister wrote.
Civilian Arbel Yehud, IDF soldier Agam Berger and another captive are to be freed from the Gaza Strip ahead of the scheduled releases over the weekend.
The mixed martial artist and professional boxer spoke out against pro-Palestinian demonstrators in his home country of Ireland.
Arab media outlets said she would be freed on or before Saturday. An Israeli source said no deal has yet been reached.
Romi Gonen, Emily Damari and Doron Steinbrecher are expected to move to a nearby hotel for continued medical follow-up.
Jerusalem announced it will not allow passage to the northern Strip until civilian hostage Arbel Yehud is free, as required by the ceasefire deal.
“The region is safer when Israel has what it needs to defend itself,” tweeted Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar.
The agreement required Hamas to provide Jerusalem with the status of the remaining 26 hostages set to be freed in the first phase of the deal.
“You’re talking about probably a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing and say, ‘You know, it’s over,’” said the U.S. president.
