In the midst of the truce that agreement between Israel and Hamas ends tomorrow where they already released 58 hostages and 117 Palestinian prisonersfrom the Islamist group assured that they are willing to extend this period of peace in order to continue with the liberation of people. For his part, the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, shared the initiative and detailed: “There is an agreement plan that provides for the release of 10 hostages for each additional day of truce“.
In a statement carried by the Sputnik news agency, they reported that Hamas “seeks to extend the truce after the end of the four-day period, with the serious objective of increase the number of released detainees, as established in the humanitarian armistice agreement“.
Earlier, a source close to Hamas said the movement informed the mediators that they were willing to extend the truce and “ensure release of 20 to 40 Israeli prisoners” more than the 50 agreedaccording to the AFP agency.
Netanyahu confirmed that there are intentions to extend the truce with the aim of releasing 10 hostages for each day of war break: “There is an agreement plan that provides for the release of 10 hostages for each additional day of truce“said the Israeli prime minister in communication with the president of United States, Joe Biden.
However, he clarified that once the truce ends, Israel will attack Hamas again: “At the end of the agreement we will return with full power to achieve our goals: destroy Hamasmake sure Gaza does not go back to what it was and, of course, free all our hostages,” he warned.
For its part, Biden stated that the truce “is giving life-saving results“and maintained that should be extended “as long as prisoners continue to leave” Gaza.
This is the first cessation of combat and raises hopes of being able to agree on an end to the conflict that began last year. October 7 with Hamas attacks on Israeli civilians, which then launched a strong counteroffensive in Gaza. Since then, some 14,000 Palestiniansamong them some 5,800 children, died in Israeli bombings in Gazaaccording to him Ministry of Health of the territory, which is controlled by Hamas.
Truce in Gaza: 58 Israeli hostages and 117 Palestinian prisoners have already been released
Israel and Hamas began a four-day truce on Friday, mediated by Qatar, to free 50 Israeli hostages and 150 Palestinian prisonersin addition to facilitating the entry of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
Since then, Hamas handed over 58 hostages -including 15 foreigners who were not part of the agreement- and Israel, 117 Palestinians.
This Sunday there was a new release of 17 hostages kidnapped by Hamas in exchange for 39 Palestinian prisoners. The hostages, 14 Israelis and three foreignerswere delivered within Gaza to the Red Cross.
The office of the prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahureported that among the prisoners released by Hamas were 13 Israeli women and several minorsa man with dual Russian-Israeli nationality and three Thais.
Source: Ambito
