three men, saying that the three men, eli sharabi, ohad and or sharabi, ohad ben—ami and or levy have crossed the border into israeli territory. they on their way to our areon their way to our point in areoh their way to our point in southern reception point in southern israel. benjamin netanyahu's israel. benjamin neta nyahu's office israel. benjamin netanyahu's office says the country embraces th; thug-z returnees that embraces the. three. returnees that their embreeee the three returneee that theirfamilies have adding that their families have been informed and the hostages have been returned to the idf. we wait for to be reunited we wait for them to be reunited with their let me with their families. let me remind you who the three men are. sharabi, he is 52. are. eli sharabi, he is 52. he was taken kibbutz be'eri brother. his death with his brother. his death has since been confirmed. his wife, leanne, british—born wife, leanne, and two were murdered in two daughters were murdered in the attack on the 7th of it is not october. it is not clear whether or not eli sharabi whether or not el'lsharabi that his wife and knows that his wife and children are dead. another of

the released, ohad ben—ami, is 56. he was also taken from kibbutz be'eri along with his kibbutzbe�*eriatong with his his kibbutzbe�*eriatnhg with his his wife was released in wife. his wife was released in november 2023. the third released heetsgee levy, 3a, released hostages or levy, 3a, a computer programmer from released hostages or levy, 3a, a computer programmerfrom a a computer programmer from a city a computer programmerfrom a city isjust a computer programmerfrom a city is just south of tel aviv. his wife was killed the 7th his wife was killed on the 7th of october. the three men his wife was killed on the 7th of oct( pale the three men his wife was killed on the 7th of oct( pale and three men his wife was killed on the 7th of oct( pale and three rthey leeeee eats she sight; the?" ' handed these and were handed these documents and then had to be put through mock sz2 ss: shy by the 77 by the hamasf interviewsrby the hamss on the interviewerby the hemes on the stage before ” ' w my”? 7 finally trahsferred the hands of the red into the hands of the red cross. there has been a lot of reaction to the appearance of men. the 7 men. the israeli 7 leader says watching tra nsfer transfer was heartbreaking. the transfer was heartbreaking. he said the difficult scenes this morning and the transfer of the kidnapper heartbreaking

emphasise the 77 emphasise the urgent 77 emphasise the urgent need and emphasise the urgent need to keep returning the her he says we kidnapped. he says we must everyone back home. he 77 how: 77 how good % howgood that 77 how good that we 7 how good that we are on said, how good that we are on the way home. we are now back —— they are now back in israeli —— they are new, bask, in lsreeti we have seen the territory. we have seen the relatives watching these images. moment by moment, the first sight of their loved ones 16 months. for many of for 16 months. for many of those months, most of that time haven't known if their they haven't known if their loved ones are dead or alive.

we saw stage—managed handovers. hamas gunman in masks. we saw the red cross come to the stage again. we have seen the handovers take place in the north of gaza and take place in hotth of gaza and take place in south. [with of gaza and take place in south. this hotth of gaza and take place in south. this is part of the south. this is part of hamas's messaging are hamas's messaging that they are still able to function right across the whole of we across the whale efgese. we two representative across the whole ofgaaa. we two representative stated saw two representativestated up saw two representativestated up that stage with a gotuygygn thatstagewith a �* of hamas and sign papers member of hamas and sign papers that were then stabbed. after that, quite soon after that, we saw the three hostages emerge from cars. i think all of them

by fighters on were supported by fighters on either side of them. they all looked, as you were saying, pale and emaciated. havejust pale and emaciated. i havejust seen the israeli president has just tweeted this is just tweeted saying this is what a crime against humanity looks like, send the whole must 7 must look " intis't’ihl directly, ' ' —ains. starved, emaciated and pains. saying that they were exploited a cynical and cruel in a cynical and cruel spectacle by vile murderers. i think that reaction to the way that they looked was felt strongly in israel by their families, by people families, by the mole on the big screens. families, by the people on the big screens. it watching on the big'screens. it like there was an looked like there was almost an audible intake of breath as they look very different from

other hostages we've seen the other hostages we've seen released, the yoohg, women at released, the yoong, women at the start looked healthy, similar to relatively healthy, similar to pictures that had been the pictures that had been shown in israel for months and months. this is very much a different look for men different look for these men and israelis are posting before and israelis are posting before and pictures of them. and after pictures of them. that certainly have quite strong resonance. es strong resonance. as i said a a strong resonance. as i said a little bit earlier, on both of the divide in israel, sides of the divide in israel, the hostage families, the hundreds of who hundreds of thousands who believed with them the should now and in government should now and in the past have done everything to the pgssible to enjoy the release hostages sate the of hostages will sate the condition that these are in condition that these men are in shows there is no to waste shows there is no time towaste ensuring that the remaining in ensuring that the remaining hostages who remain alive must released. ”75222;an ”fishoruld ' ' ”75222;an ”"sii'qijia'b'ew: ' ' mum mm nothing to get in the way both the of this

of the continuation of this first phase when 33 hostages will be released, some of them will be releasedrsom’e of them and the in dead, and the second phase in 16 were hostages will be which 16 were hostages will be released. this must go ahead without any obstacle. think without any obstacle. i think you'll see on the you'll see potentially on the other side from those who have been opposed it in benjamin netanyahu's and government, one party resign from the party would resign from the government because it disagreed with the ceasefire, will point to these images and the �*inhuman and how hamas shows that they must be is an shows that they must be entirely as entirely eradicated—as , , . netanyahu has said it benjamin netanyahu has said it has been his cool throughout. as he is still to some extent open the second phase open now to the second phase and will add pressure to that. exposing divisions within israel over this essential human of the human dimension of the

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