Waiting for the kidnapped children and woman from kibbutz Nir, to be released.
The first stop for the hostages released at Rafah will be Hatzerim Israeli Air Force Base.
The Israeli helicopters were seen landing at the Hatzerim base to prepare to pick up the 13 hostages that would be released at 4 p.m. local time, including many children. To prepare for them, small noise-canceling ear muffs were placed inside. Hatzerim Israeli Air Force Base is an airbase of the Israeli Air Force located in the Negev Desert on the western outskirts of Beersheba, near Kibbutz Hatzerim. As Be'er Sheva [the "capital of the Negev"] has grown, it has expanded almost to the edge of the airbase itself.
