After the end of phase 1 of the truce in the Gaza Strip, The Hamas Islamic movement announced an agreement with Israel on Tuesday To exchange hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for hostage bodies. In principle, “simultaneously” will be done next Thursday.
The new agreement was reached after a new round of negotiations in Cairowhere a delegation of Hamas with Egyptian officials with whom he discussed “the application of the high fire, the exchange of prisoners and the perspectives of the second phase of the negotiations.”
In particular, The negotiations revolved around the delay of the release of 620 Palestinian prisoners, scheduled for last Saturday. As Hamas reported in the statement, they will be “simultaneously released with the bodies of Israeli prisoners who agreed to deliver during the first stage.” Of the total prisoners that will be exchanged, 445 were arrested after the Palestinian attack on Israeli territory of October 7, 2023.
The delay of the release It was announced last Sunday by the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamín Netanyahu, until “The release of the next hostages is guaranteed, and without degrading ceremonies “in reference to the Israeli host who kissed his captors moments before recovering freedom.
The extension of phase 1 is possible?
Israel is looking for an extension of the first phase to ensure the freedom of more prisoners, but Hamas says that it will negotiate anything until prisoners are released whose release was delayed. The second phase was always going to be the most difficult because it would probably force Israel to choose between its two main war objectives: The safe return of the hostages and the annihilation of its captors, said the AP agency.
In a third phase the arduous process of reconstruction of Loop which is expected to take years and cost billions of dollars. But Egypt, a key mediator, refused to discuss an extension until negotiations on phase 2 beginaccording to two Egyptian officials who spoke from anonymity holds AP.
One of the Egyptian officials also demands that Israel complete its withdrawal from the Philadelphia corridor, on the border of the border with Egypt, before moving on to the next phase. The agreement provides that this withdrawal begins this weekend and is completed in eight days.
Israel said Ariel and Kfir Bibas were killed “cold -blooded” by Hamas
The boss of Israel’s Army, Daniel Hagariannounced that Ariel and Kfir Bibas, The brothers of Argentine nationality were killed by Hamas “in cold blood” and “with their own hands.” The official gave a press conference with the forensic results on the bodies, where he confirmed the news and denounced that they tried to set up a scene to hide what happened and cover the atrocities made.
According to Hagari, minors (10 months and four years at the time of kidnapping) They did not died from bullet impacts, but the militiamen killed them by their own means. “We confirmed that the Bibas were killed by Hamas’s terrorists. They did not kill them with weapons, they killed the children with their hands and tried to cover it,” said the military.
Source: Ambito
