Rafah, Palestinian Territories, Feb 22, 2025 (AFP) - Hamas frees dazed hostages in staged Gaza ceremony

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2025-02-22

A crowd cheered as masked militants brought two pale and dazed Israeli captives onto a rainy stage in front of cameras for the seventh hostage-prisoner exchange of the Gaza ceasefire Saturday. Around the stage, Hamas fighters stood in an orderly fashion in the southern Gazan city of Rafah as the pair were handed over to the Red Cross, with Avera Mengistu, one of the two freed men, walking with apparent difficulty. Like the hostages at previous li......

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