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Hamas announces the names of the three Israeli hostages who will leave Gaza tomorrow
The spokesman for the Hamas al-Qasam Brigades, Abu Obeida, announced this Friday the name of the three hostages who will be released tomorrow from the Gaza Strip, including one with dual German-Israeli nationality.
The chosen captives are the German-Israeli Ohad Ben Ami, 56 years old and kidnapped along with his wife, Raz Ben Ami (already released), from the Kibutz Beeri; Eli Sharabi, 53, who lost his children and wife in the Hamas attack on the same kibutz on October 7, 2023, and Or Levy, 34 years old and forcibly taken at the Nova festival.
In return, a total of 183 Palestinian prisoners and detainees will be released, although it is not yet known how many of them will be delivered to the occupied West Bank, returned to Gaza or deported to third countries such as Turkey or Egypt.
“After the Palestinian resistance handed over the names of the enemy’s prisoners, tomorrow 18 prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment, 54 prisoners with high sentences and 111 prisoners from the Gaza Strip who were arrested after the attack of October 7, as part of the first phase of the exchange agreement,” the prisoners’ press office, in charge of Hamas, will be released in a statement.
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed this Friday in a statement that the national intelligence service (the Mossad), as well as the Army, had received the list of kidnapped and said that the respective families had been informed.
Tomorrow will be the fifth exchange since the beginning of the ceasefire in Gaza, in force since January 19, thanks to which another 18 hostages (counting five Thais not initially included in the first phase of the pact) have already been released in an exchange for about 600 Palestinians.
However, in addition to the 33 hostages who must be released before March 1, only through new negotiations will male Israeli soldiers and those men between 19 and 50 years of age be able to leave Gaza in the second phase; something that relatives of the captives beg Netanyahu to happen.
“We have the sacred duty and the moral right to bring all our brothers and sisters home. We will not surrender or stop until all the hostages return, according to the agreement, until the last of them: the living for their recovery and the deceased for an appropriate burial,” said today the Forum of Hostages and Relatives of Missing, the main entity in defense of the hostage release agreement, after the announcement with the names of the three captives.
Although three days ago Netanyahu announced, after meeting with several US officials, that a negotiating team would travel to Doha at the end of this week to “discuss the technical details related to the continued implementation of the agreement,” that trip has not yet occurred.
Asked today by EFE, a senior Israeli official said he had no “news” about the alleged trip that should happen tomorrow, while Basem Naim, a member of Hamas’ political bureau, confirmed that negotiations “have not yet begun.”
International
Trump Announces Tesla Purchase to Support Elon Musk Amid Boycott Calls
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he will purchase a new Tesla to show his support for company owner Elon Musk, amid recent protests under the slogan “Boycott Tesla” and a decline in the company’s stock value.
“Elon Musk is fighting hard to help our nation and is doing a FANTASTIC JOB! But the Radical Left lunatics, as they always do, are trying to illegally boycott Tesla—one of the world’s greatest car manufacturers and Elon’s ‘baby’—for no reason other than to attack him and everything he stands for,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Monday night. He added that on Tuesday, he would buy “a brand-new Tesla” as a sign of confidence and support for Elon Musk, whom he called “a truly great American.”
The White House later confirmed that Trump intends to buy a Tesla and that the purchase could happen the same day. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated, “A Tesla is on its way” to the residence, and the President will see it soon.
International
Four-Bus Pileup in Chile Leaves Six Dead and Several Injured
At least six people lost their lives, and two remain in critical condition following a collision involving four buses early Tuesday morning on a highway in northern Chile, authorities reported.
“We regret to inform the tragic passing of six individuals. (…) Among them, a bus driver from the fourth vehicle involved in the accident,” stated General Juan Muñoz, head of the Coquimbo region police force (Carabineros). He also confirmed that 11 people were injured, with two still in critical condition.
The injured were transported to hospitals in the nearby cities of Coquimbo and La Serena, the closest medical centers to the crash site.
The accident occurred around 4:30 AM local time (07:30 GMT), when it was still dark, approximately 480 km north of Santiago.
Chilean President Gabriel Boric addressed the “terrible tragedy” on his social media account X, expressing his condolences and solidarity with the victims’ families during this difficult time.
According to eyewitnesses, two buses had stopped on the side of the road due to a mechanical issue. A third bus overturned, crashing into the first two, while a fourth bus failed to stop in time, colliding with the third and striking people who had exited their vehicles.
Due to the accident, Carabineros reported a complete road closure on the northbound lanes of the Pan-American Highway at the crash site.
International
Pope Francis shows signs of recovery, Vatican says he is ‘feeling better’
Pope Francis is in ‘good spirits’ this Tuesday, just hours after doctors confirmed that his life is no longer at risk and are now considering his eventual discharge from Rome’s Gemelli hospital, where he has been hospitalized for 26 days due to respiratory issues.
“He is in good spirits because he is also feeling better,” a Vatican source reported. On Tuesday morning, the pontiff followed spiritual exercises remotely from the Vatican and prayed in his private chapel at the hospital, according to official statements.
From his 10th-floor apartment at the hospital in northern Rome, the Catholic leader continued his physiotherapy and breathing exercises to regain his respiratory strength, which had weakened due to illness.
The latest medical update, released by the Vatican on Monday night, stated that his condition is no longer considered critical. Now, the main question remains: when will doctors discharge the 88-year-old Argentine Jesuit?
“We hope he returns soon to Santa Marta. We love him very much, and Santa Marta feels empty without him,” said Simonetta Maronge, an employee at the residence where Francis lives when in the Vatican, speaking to AFP at the hospital entrance.
At the base of the statue of John Paul II, which stands at the entrance of Gemelli hospital, believers continue to place candles, flowers, drawings, and rosaries, praying for the swift recovery of the first Latin American pope.
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