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The Israel Defense Forces, in coordination with the Ministry of Health, other government ministries and security authorities, completed final preparations on Saturday to receive the first of the hostages being released by Hamas from the Gaza Strip on Sunday.
Preparations included home-like conditions inside the trailers for the hostages to sleep before heading to hospitals for examination and all the comforts of home, including baskets with toiletries and clean clothes.
Inside the trailers, the hostages will have couches and potted plants for some decoration. Outside, they can sit on patio furniture accented with colorful oversized pillows.
The reception places also have the necessary medical equipment.
The hostages’ reception areas were established to make them feel at home. (IDF)
From there, the hostages will be transferred to hospitals, where they will be reunited with their families.
The IDF said it is asking for “patience and sensitivity” from the public as the hostages are returned.
“We ask everyone to respect the privacy of the hostages and their families,” the IDF said. “The public is requested to only check official updates and announcements and refrain from sharing unverified information.”
ISRAEL-HAMAS CEASE-FIRE AND HOSTAGE RELEASE AGREEMENT: ‘AMERICANS WILL BE PART OF IT’
An IDF soldier makes preparations at a location where the hostages are expected to arrive on Sunday. (IDF)
The hostages have been held by Hamas for nearly 500 days since Hamas’ unprovoked attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
Three hostages are expected to be released first on Sunday after a ceasefire deal was reached between Israel and Hamas on Wednesday.
IDF personnel make preparations at the various locations and hospitals where the hostages will arrive. (IDF)
The first hostages freed are expected to be women.
In total, 33 hostages will be released, including two Americans. The Israelis will return more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that Israel would not move forward with the outline of the deal until it receives a list of the hostages who will be released. This was agreed after Qatari names did not arrive as expected on Saturday.
“Israel will not tolerate violations of the agreement,” he said. “The only responsibility lies with Hamas.
“In war, we make it clear to our enemies – we make it clear to the entire world – that when the people of Israel stand together, there is no force that can break us.
Hamas is expected to release 33 hostages. (IDF)
“To date, we have brought home 157 of our abductees, of whom 117 are alive. Under the agreement now approved, we will bring home 33 more of our brothers and sisters, most of them alive.”
He also gave credit to both President Biden and President-elect Trump help reach a ceasefire agreement.
“As soon as he was elected, President Trump joined the mission to free the hostages,” Netanyahu said. “He spoke to me on Wednesday night. He welcomed the agreement and rightly emphasized that the first step of the agreement is a temporary ceasefire. That’s what he said, ‘a temporary ceasefire.'”
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Netanyahu said Biden and Trump “gave full support for Israel’s right to fight again if Israel concludes that Phase B negotiations are futile.”
Netanyahu too He said he appreciated Trump’s decision to “remove all remaining restrictions on the supply of essential weapons and armaments to the State of Israel.”
