On the night of Tuesday into Wednesday, Israel and Hamas reached an agreement on a four-day cessation of fighting and a prisoner exchange. This was preceded by weeks of preparation. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with US President Joe Biden, among others. We know this now.
Hamas and Israel agreed to a four-day ceasefire, in addition to the release of 50 Israelis and 150 Palestinians. It was also agreed to allow trucks loaded with fuel, humanitarian and medical aid to enter the Gaza Strip.
The deal was brokered by the United States, Qatar and Egypt. According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz The agreement has been in the works for nearly seven weeks. During that period, Netanyahu spoke with Biden about the deal fourteen times, three times with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and held two other conversations with Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi, Qatari Foreign Minister, said in an interview with: CNN The agreement between Israel and Hamas was not certain. Negotiators “needed a break” when the Israeli ground offensive on the Gaza Strip intensified in late October. Al-Khulaifi says the raid on the Al-Shifa Hospital complex also caused tensions during negotiations.
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The hostages are released in groups
Now regarding the deal itself: Israel did not reveal many details. A statement issued by Prime Minister Netanyahu’s office last night said that fifty hostages, all of them women and children, would be released. On each day of the four-day ceasefire, a group of ten to thirteen hostages are released.
The ceasefire will be extended by one day for every ten additional hostages released. According to Netanyahu, this will not happen before Friday. Israeli media had previously written that Israel had received a list of the names of the hostages scheduled to be released on Thursday, but it would not be published if their release did not proceed.
Netanyahu described the agreement as “the right choice” in a press conference on Wednesday evening.
The White House estimates that there are three American citizens among the G50. This will be one of them,” wrote three-year-old Abigail Moore Aidan The Times of Israel. The newspaper said that her parents were killed by Hamas.
The United States is also part of the deal
According to Hamas, at least two hundred trucks loaded with aid, four tanks loaded with fuel, and four tanks loaded with gas will be allowed to enter the Gaza Strip.
Israel will also be prohibited from using drones over the Gaza Strip between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. local time. This point was more or less confirmed on Wednesday when John Viner, the US deputy national security adviser, spoke CNN She said the United States would also halt its drone flights. He thus confirmed that the United States is part of the agreement.
Hamas also claims that Israeli forces must remain in their positions during the ceasefire. No arrests can be made either, he says BBC About the Hamas statement
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