This is an entry from: Israel-Palestine live: US and Israel air differences over Gaza strategy
Evening recap
30 November 2023 00:37 GMT
Good evening Middle East Eye readers,
A sixth captive exchange between Israel and Hamas has taken place. A few hours ago, ten Israeli hostages and four Thai nationals were released by Hamas to the International Committee of the Red Cross. Two Russian-Israeli citizens were released earlier.
After a delay of a few hours, 30 Palestinian civilians were also released. Qatar said earlier the prisoners included 16 children and 14 women.
There are reports that Palestinian families are again being warned by Israeli security officials not to celebrate the release of family members and have conducted raids on their houses.
In other updates:
- The US said it shot down a drone fired from Houthi-controlled Yemen heading towards its warship
- US President Joe Biden said a 49 year-old dual Israeli-American national was released from Gaza as he vowed to work to free ‘every hostage’
- Mediators are gathering in Qatar as they push to extend the truce between Israel and Hamas that is set to expire early on Thursday morning
- France said that the European Union should consider sanctions on Israeli settlers who have targeted Palestinians in the West Bank and that talks at the EU to impose sanctions on Hamas commanders were progressing
- Ramzi al-Abbasi, a Palestinian prisoner who was released from an Israeli jail, recounted how inmates had been subjected to beatings and sexual assault in Israeli prisons
- Jordan plans to host an international conference to coordinate humanitarian aid to war-devastated Gaza