The Al-Quds Brigades (the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement) announced today, Thursday, its readiness to release an elderly woman and an Israeli boy detained by it, for humanitarian and health reasons.

The military spokesman for the Al-Quds Brigades, Abu Hamza, said in a televised statement: “We announce our readiness to release Hanna Caster and the boy Yagil Yaqoub for humanitarian and health reasons.”

The Al-Quds Brigades, the military arm of the Islamic Jihad Movement, broadcast a video message today, Thursday, November 9, to a male and female prisoner held by it, since the Great Crossing on October 7, 2023.

The scenes included a message from the elderly Hanna Katzir from the Nir Oz settlement kibbutz, sending a message to her families, children, and husband, and hoping for her release in the near future.