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BBC News in Jerusalem
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It starts with a location phone.
After receiving the details, a team of the Red Cross International Committee (ICRC) will have a vehicle with the logo label of the humanitarian organization to receive the hostages of Gaza.
Israeli military and medical staff are also assembled in several different locations, waiting to take them home.
After the hostage of watching around the world, after several months of intense negotiation, the purpose was to end a war. The war began on October 7, 2023. 251 people.
According to the Ministry of Health of the Hamas Party, in the following 15 months, more than 47,000 Palestinians were killed in Gaza, and more people were killed in Israel bombing.
Based on the terms of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas starting from January 19, 33 Israelic hostages will be released in the first stage and returned to their families for six weeks.
As a exchange, hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons are being released.
If there is any problem, it will take the risk of being imprisoned and re -ignite the war.
ICRC spokesman Sarah Davies said, “This is not just driving.”
“These operations seem to be very simple, but in fact they are very complicated. They need strict security measures to minimize the risk of personnel involved.”
ICRC has served as a neutral intermediary agency in the transfer and formed a team of experts. Some of them have participated in similar operations in the past-although this is more challenging than most people.
Critical plan
There are some details that the group cannot talk publicly because they are worried that they will damage the safety of operation.
Ms. Davis said the plan is essential to ensure the smooth operation of the exchange. They have drawn the alternative route to reach different locations of Gasha, knowing that “the safest route can change.”
One of their biggest concerns is the unsteady military weapon, which are destroyed and damaged infrastructure and a large number of “emotional enhancement”.
She said: “Our team is prepared as much as possible.”
“For us, the most important thing is to return anyone who entrusts us to our care to return to their home safely.”
However, it is impossible for all plans.
Ms. Davis said: “From the previous experience, here and elsewhere in the world, we all know that logistics and final details can be changed at any time, and even when the operation itself, especially during the operation.”
Medical staff and so -called weapons pollution experts received training with the explosive remnants of the war and traveled with the team.
During the operation, the representatives of the Red Cross International Committee also kept regular contact with Israeli officials, Hamas, and mediationers.
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In the previous version, Hamas exuded the name of the hostage on the telegraph channel in advance without disclosing the location of the transfer.
The first public sign of the location was the existence of the Hamas military forces and masked members.
A local reporter talked about the first version of Gasha City earlier this month: “I discovered from a person selling a pavilion that something happened at the junction, and Qassam combatants were marching.”
When the crowd started to gather to watch the fighter aircraft, the words began to spread The first three hostages are released Under the ceiling agreement, it will appear there.
He said: “When people realize that this will be the place where Israel’s hostages are handed over to hostages, people start chanting (for base organizations and high -level Hamas characters).” -This indicates how happy they are. “
The reporter is there too Second edition -In different locations in Gasha-the next week, he described it as “more organized.”
The soldiers established a small stage area with tables and chairs, and stood standing to separate the hostages from the crowd.
White cars are used to bring hostages (four ladies) to the area with black cars.
In a video published by Hamas Military Wing, these young women thanked their kidnappers and were handed over to gift bags.
They were taken to the stage, waved to the cheers, and then handed over to the Red Cross International Committee.
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Hamas spokesman Abdul Latif Al-Qanou said in a later state Story of Dignificance Model “.
Ms. Davis said that it was “unprepared” in certain aspects.
She said: “At any time, the staff of the Red Cross International Committee made every effort to protect the dignity of the released people, but … people must realize that the limitations of what we can do is important.”
“Our primary task is still the security release and transfer of people we take care of.”
The hostage was transferred to the Israeli National Defense Force (IDF) in the suburbs of Kasha.
Dr. Avi Banov, deputy director of the Israeli National Defense Force Medical Team, said: “We are prepared through the suburbs of Gaza and the suburbs of other regions.
“We are always prepared because Hamas does not tell us, ‘Okay, we will release them in this field or the field.”
Throughout the border, receiving points have been set up to receive them.
The scene was a family of military and medical staff, social workers and hostages.
A former Israeli soldier participated in the first hostage returning operation during the ceasefire in November 2023. They remembered that they were waiting next to a ambulance at the base near the border. If one of them has a medical emergency, he is one of the several teams for standby and says about the strict instructions about how to interact with the returned people.
He recalled: “We are told if you evacuate them, don’t ask them questions, don’t do anything inappropriate, just quiet, and then if the hostages ask you something or want something, of course you will answer and answer them to them Essence
He said that the atmosphere of the base is one of the excitement and nerves. He said: “This is a very important task.”
Colonel Banov said the return began with the introduction between hostages and medical staff.
The return hostage was assigned to a doctor, a nurse and a social worker, and they were “always accompanied by them” to the hospital.
It is recommended that families “take a little time” with the medical team before the party to make them “breathe and understand (they) are in a safe place again.”
Give hostage agent
Dr. Bannov said: “We start with vitamins, and the amount of diet is small, and then family members.”
He said that as a part of the “grounding” process, in order to make his own decision to the release of hostage institutions, and put forward: “Do you want to take a bath before or after you meet your parents?”
He said that among the top seven hostages to be released, most people have “some kind of shoton damage” and malnutrition and metabolic problems.
He said: “Their health is not good. This is a very complicated problem in spirit.”
He pointed out that in the next few weeks, the body of death will also come and plan to transfer it to the forensic laboratory before the Israeli funeral.
After receiving preliminary treatment at the reception point, the surviving hostages were transferred to the “special adaptation” helicopter and went to the hospital in other parts of the country.
Dr. Binov said: “We tell them … we will go home by helicopter. Then, if you are willing, we will start talking about what you have experienced.”
It was there a proper recovery process there.