Disturbing moment Hamas mob three female hostages as gun-wielding terrorists surround van in final humiliation
THIS is the disturbing moment a crowd of gun-wielding terrorists swarm the Hamas truck holding three Israeli hostages.
The shocking clip was taken inside Gaza as Hamas brought the three women to be transferred to the Red Cross and released back to Israel.
Horrified footage shows the victims can be seen swarmed by mask-wearing crowds with cameras, with some wielding guns and climbing onto the roof of the vehicle.
Footage captured by TV channel Al Jazeera also features a TV reporter with a microphone caught in the crush.
It was the final humiliation by the terrorist group after nearly 500 days of captivity for the victims.
The women are seen through the van door as swathes of Hamas terrorists – and in the background, Palestinian civilians – appear shout and scream at the hostages.
But thankfully following the carnage – all three women were safely released back to Israel.
The fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has finally come into effect after 15 months of relentless warfare, with the first step being the hostage-prisoner exchange.
British Emily Damari, 28, has been released alongside two other women Romi Gonen, 24, and Doron Steinbrecher, 31.
The three victims have been picked up by the International Committee of the Red Cross team from Gaza.
British Emily Damari, 28, has been released alongside two other women Romi Gonen, 24, and Doron Steinbrecher, 31.
The three victims have been picked up by the International Committee of the Red Cross team from Gaza.
The three women are to be met by medical teams and psychological support staff at three designated points along Gaza’s border in Erez, Re’im and Kerem Shalom.
They will soon be reunited with their families who haven’t seen or heard from the women since they were brutally taken by Hamas 470 days ago.
Emily Damari grew up in southeast London before moving to Israel in her 20s.
The Spurs fan was shot in the hand and suffered shrapnel wounds to the leg when she was snatched from the Kfar Aza kibbutz village on October 7.
Her London-born mum has desperately campaigned for her daughter’s release who was kidnapped from her home by Hamas alongside her twin brothers Ziv and Gali Berman, 27.
This morning Emily’s family’s lawyer Adam Rose told The Sun they didn’t know whether the Brit was “alive or dead”.
He said that this had “compounded the torture the family have been going through” since she was brutally taken on October 7.
Mr Rose told The Sun: “Every minute is just another layer of torture.
“Emily’s name appeared on the list of three hostages to be released at 8:10am but we just don’t know if she is alive or dead.
“You hope she’s alive but until that exchange takes place we just don’t know.
“The ongoing torture, the ongoing emotional stress and strain of dealing with this is huge.”
Palestinian prisoners are being released today including 95 individuals, many of whom have not been convicted or tried.
Four more hostages will be returned on the seventh day then every week for a period of four weeks.
Finally, 14 hostages will be returned in the sixth week from the group of 33 made up of 12 women and children, 10 men over the age of 50 and 11 younger men.
Negotiations will start again to secure the release of 65 hostages still in Gaza on the 16th day of the ceasefire.
Israel’s occupation has killed more than 47,000 Palestinians since terrorists triggered the conflict by killing 1,200 on October 7, according to Hamas.
The ceasefire’s path to implementation was anything but smooth.
Late on Saturday night, the fragile deal appeared to be teetering on the edge of collapse as terror group Hamas still hadn’t released the agreed hostage list.
Netanyahu warned the ceasefire deal was at risk as Israel would not go ahead until Hamas released the list of hostages to be freed.
In a statement released on Saturday, Netanyahu’s office emphasised Israel‘s stance.