GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories — Four freed Israeli women hostages were home in Israel Saturday, ending more than 15 months of captivity after Hamas militants handed them over to the Red Cross under a truce deal in the Gaza war.
The deal is also expected to see a second group of Palestinian prisoners freed.An Agence France-Presse journalist witnessed the handover after the four were presented on a stage at a main square in Gaza City, where dozens of masked, armed militants had gathered earlier.Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa, Naama Levy, all aged 20, and Liri Albag, 19, are all soldiers.
'The worry and fear that the deal will not be implemented to the end is eating away at all of us,' said Vicky Cohen, the mother of hostage Nimrod Cohen.In Gaza, families displaced by more than a year of war longed to return home, but many will find only rubble where houses once stood.'Even if we thought about returning, there is no place for us to put our tents because of the destruction,' Theqra Qasem, a displaced woman, told AFP.
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