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Israel-Hamas deal: Families of Israeli hostages voice hope, skepticism ahead of anticipated release

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Israeli families gathered at a Tel Aviv plaza on Wednesday, as Israel and Hamas agreed to a four-day pause in fighting to allow the release of at least 50 hostages held in Gaza in exchange for at least 150 Palestinians imprisoned in Israel, and the entry of humanitarian aid into the besieged enclave.

“It's (been a) terrible seven weeks… Too many hostages, too many children, too many babies, too many women. I don't know how I feel. Right now, I want to be sure that my family will (be) released,” said Gilad Korngold, a relative of seven missing family members.

After meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican, who met with both Israeli relatives of Hamas hostages and Palestinians with family in Gaza separately, one relative of a hostage member said that she wasn’t “counting” on hostages being freed in the deal until she saw them walk over the border, adding there were additional hostages that need to be released.

The deal has prompted a heated debate, with some Israeli relatives of victims of Hamas militant attacks in Jerusalem appealing to the Supreme Court against the release of Palestinian prisoners under the deal between Israel and Hamas. The Almagor Terror Victims Association, a group founded in 1986, petitioned in demand from the government to cancel the deal and stop the prisoners' release.

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