Omer Shem Tov, Tal Shoham, Avera Mengistu, Eliya Cohen, Omer Wenkert, and Hisham al-Sayed were released from captivity in Gaza on Shabbos in three separate handovers and are back in Israel. On Shabbos morning, Tal Shoham and Avera Mengistu were forced to parade across a stage in Rafah in southern Gaza before being released to the Red Cross who transferred them to IDF forces. Later on Shabbos morning, Omer Shem Tov, Omer Wenkert, and Eliya Cohen, all dressed in mock IDF uniforms, were also forced onto a stage in a cruel propaganda ceremony in Nuseirat in central Gaza before being transferred to the Red Cross. On Shabbos afternoon, Hisham al-Sayed was released to the Red Cross without a ceremony beforehand. Mengistu and al-Sayed were held by Hamas in Gaza for over ten years. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)