2023-11-24 06:21:00
The scheduled ceasefire in the Gaza Strip begins this Friday, as reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar and the armed wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), which governs that region. The truce, which would allow the entry of humanitarian aidwill officially come into force at 7:00 local time (5:00 GMT) on Friday, in the early hours of Argentina.
The announcement was confirmed following the interlocutors who participated in the negotiation finalized the final details of the ceasefire agreement, which involves the release of some 50 hostages detained by Hamas militants, in exchange for some 150 Palestinians detained in Israeli jails.
“The list of hostages to be released was delivered to the Israeli intelligence services”Ministry sources said in a statement released by the Xinhua agency.
“The first group of hostages will be released from Gaza on Friday at 4:00 p.m. (local time)”said Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed bin Mohammed Al Ansari.
For its part, the Al-Qassam Brigades said in a statement that the ceasefire will last four daysaccompanied by the suspension of all military actions by Al-Qassam and other military factions in Gaza, as well as the restriction of the operations of the Israeli army.
The truce includes delivery of Israeli hostages held in Gaza in exchange for Palestinian women and adolescents imprisoned in Israelhe indicated, saying that each Israeli captive will be exchanged for three Palestinian prisoners.
Meanwhile, and as reported by the British agency Archyde.comIsrael maintained that the truce might last longer than the initial four days, provided the militants free at least ten hostages per day.
During the long-awaited four-day ceasefire, 50 Israeli prisoners will be released.
The truce would also allow 200 trucks with relief and medical suppliesalong with four trucks with fuel and cooking gas, enter Gaza daily, he added.
Since the conflict between Israel and Hamas broke out on October 7, Qatar has undertaken mediation efforts together with Egypt and the United States between the two warring parties to ensure the release of the hostages and de-escalate the situation in the Palestinian enclave.
War in Israel: expectation for the release of hostages following an agreement with Hamas
Bombings one night before the truce
Hostilities continued on the day before the truce began.
Dozens of people lost their lives, including a journalist and her family, during the night attacks by the Israeli Armywhich, according to Palestinian media, would have intensified bombing in the Gaza Strip in the hours before the agreement for a four-day humanitarian pause comes into force.
The news agency Europa Press confirmed that journalist Amal Azuhd He died this Friday along with his family as a result of an attack that targeted his home in Gaza City. According to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the Israeli Army killed nearly fifty journalists in 45 days of conflict.
Additionally, the military stormed the Indonesian hospital in northern Gaza, killing a wounded woman, wounding three more people and arresting three others. Hours earlier, the Ministry of Health reported that the complex was being “violently bombed” despite the fact that there are around 200 wounded and medical personnel inside.
Elsewhere, Israeli warplanes attacked a residential building in the Nuseirat refugee camp, in the center of the enclave, resulting in the deaths of several people, including women and children.
Civil defense teams They rescued the bodies of ten Palestinians who were under the rubble following the bombing of a house in the city of Jabalia, in the north of the Strip, reports the Palestinian news agency Wafa.
Israel launched its offensive once morest Gaza following Hamas attacks, which left some 1,200 dead and nearly 240 kidnapped. Authorities in Hamas-controlled Gaza have so far reported more than 14,500 deaths, including more than 6,000 children, from the Israeli offensive, while more than 200 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank and East Jerusalem by Israeli forces or in attacks. perpetrated by settlers since October 7.
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