The ceasefire, which will last four days and could be extended up to 10 days if Hamas transfers more kidnapped people, will also serve to access of humanitarian aid to the enclave.
After a night of Israel continuing its relentless attacks against… Gaza Strip and in which Hamas launched rockets against two of the evacuated kibbutzim, near Gaza, the time has passed during which the two sides agreed to temporarily halt their attacks.
The first is expected today 13 Israeli hostages out of 240 held by the Palestinian Islamist group, all women and children, will be released at 4pm local time (14 GMT), as announced by Qatar, one of the ceasefire mediators.
“The criterion for prioritizing the hostages was purely humanitarian and we focused on getting women and children out of harm’s way as quickly as possible,” said Majed al Ansari, Qatar’s spokesman, who relied on the implementation of the ceasefire after he had appreciated the armistice. “positivism and involvement“from both sides.
For their part, the Al Qasam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, celebrated this “humanitarian truce” that will allow for the “exchange of prisoners.” “For every Zionist prisoner, three Palestinian prisoners will be released, including women and children,” they stressed.
Source: El heraldo
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