An agreement was reached to extend the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Some hostages were released.
A Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman announced, and Hamas and the US news agency Reuters confirmed, that the ceasefire would be extended for two days.
A Hamas representative said the deal was brokered by officials from Qatar and Egypt. The previously agreed terms of the ceasefire remain unchanged.
Osama Hamdan of Hamas’s Lebanese Political Bureau said that as part of the extended ceasefire, the organization is preparing a new list of hostages to be released from the Gaza Strip.
The head of Egypt’s State Information Service, Diaa Rashwan, previously announced that the agreement on a two-day ceasefire extension would include the release of 20 Israeli hostages in exchange for 60 Palestinian prisoners.
File. Hamas has released a number of hostages
On Sunday, Hamas militants released a third group of Israeli hostages. Fourteen Israelis and three Thai nationals were released. In response, the Israeli Penitentiary Service prepared to simultaneously release at least 39 Palestinians from prison, in accordance with previously reached agreements.
In total, Hamas released 39 Israelis or dual nationals and 19 foreigners, and Israel released 117 Palestinian women and teenagers.
The agreement between Israel and Hamas entails the release of at least fifty Israeli and foreign hostages – women and children – in exchange for a four-day ceasefire. It was also agreed that for every ten additional hostages released, there would be one additional day of ceasefire.
Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip
For the duration of the ceasefire, the ground operation of Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip was suspended. So far, Israeli infantry, with the support of tanks and aircraft, have eliminated Hamas terrorists, killing at least 14,000 people at the same time. citizens, including women and children.
Hamas fighters are located in the densely populated buildings of the enclave, as well as in an extensive network of tunnels built under the Strip’s territory, which is gradually being liquidated by Israeli soldiers. According to “NYT”, the network of tunnels built over the years can be up to 500 kilometers long and up to 40 meters deep.
The land invasion of the Gaza Strip was preceded by massive bombings and a call for Palestinians to evacuate south. Parts of the Gaza Strip were completely destroyed. The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned several times that the Gaza Strip will be hit by a humanitarian disaster and has condemned Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict escalated on October 7 after a terrorist attack by the al-Qassam Brigades (the armed wing of Hamas) on Israeli territory. It was on this day that the mujahideen kidnapped most of the hostages. Hamas is a political party and a radical Islamic organization whose main goal is the liberation of Palestine from Israeli occupation. Israeli authorities said the aim of the ongoing military operation in the Gaza Strip is to eliminate Hamas and permanently neutralize the threat from that direction.
Source: Do Rzeczy
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