Palestinian ‘Girl’ Who Slapped Israeli Soldier Freed In Latest Israeli Exchange With Hamas

22-year-old Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi who acquired a global reputation as a 17-year-old after she slapped an Israeli soldier has been freed by Israel on the last day of exchange with Hamas in the extended ceasefire in the Gaza war.

GWG.ng reports that Tamimi was among 30 Palestinian hostages freed in exchange for 10 Israeli hostages freed by Hamas.

It earlier said two Russian-Israeli women were also back in Israel – having also been released on Wednesday.

Israel’s prison service says it has freed a further 30 Palestinian prisoners

Wednesday was the sixth day of a truce between Israel and Hamas in Gaza; talks are ongoing in an effort to extend this before it expires

Earlier, two boys aged 8 and 14 were shot dead during an Israeli raid in the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank

The Israeli military hasn’t commented on the two boys specifically, but says it killed a senior Islamic Jihad commander and arrested 17 others during an operation targeting a refugee camp

Hamas crossed the border and killed 1,200 people in Israel on 7 October, with about 240 others taken hostage.

Since then, Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry says more than 14,800 people have been killed in Israel’s retaliatory campaign, including about 6,000 children

GWG.ng reports that Ms Ahed Tamimi was arrested after the Israeli government cracked down on dissent in the West Bank following the October 7 massacre of Israeli and other foreigners by Hamas operatives in Israel.

Her comfort, however, only bring measured relief to her family as her father and activist remains in Israeli jail.

With additional reports from BBC

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