2023-11-27 16:25:47
The pause in fighting will continue. “Qatar announces that an agreement has been reached to extend the truce for two more days in the Gaza Strip”announced the spokesperson for the Quatarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on, Monday November 27. In the process, Hamas confirmed the extension of the truce.
A little earlier in the followingnoon, Hamas announced that it was preparing a new list of hostages to be released in order to “extend the truce”. The spokesperson for the Israeli government also announced that it had offered Hamas a “option” in this direction. The truce, which began on Friday, was due to end on Tuesday at 7 a.m. local time. Follow our live stream.
Nearly 40 hostages freed in three days. The agreement between Israel and Hamas allowed the release of hostages, prisoners and emergency aid in the Gaza Strip. Since Friday, 39 hostages have been released under the agreement – plus 24 hostages outside the agreement, the majority Thais who worked in Israel – as well as 117 Palestinian prisoners, at a ratio of one hostage to three prisoners.
• Hamas in favor of an extension. The Palestinian armed Islamist movement said in a statement “seek to extend the truce beyond its four days”. The agreement, until now, was renewed every day, when around ten hostages were released in exchange for around thirty prisoners.
• Benjamin Netanyahu in Gaza. The Israeli leader called on Sunday for “victoire”, during a visit to Gaza. It was the first trip by an Israeli government to the territory since its unilateral withdrawal from the Palestinian territory in 2005. The Israeli leader is due to ask the government for a budget on Monday “of war” of 30 billion shekels (7.3 billion euros).
• Former Palestinian prisoners welcomed in the occupied West Bank. Buses from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) took freed prisoners to Ramallah and Beitunia, greeted by crowds waving Palestinian, Hamas and other faction flags.
A humanitarian situation that is still “dangerous”. Since Friday, 248 trucks loaded with aid have been able to enter the Gaza Strip. But “we should send 200 trucks per day for at least two months to meet the needs”, declared a spokesperson for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), Adnan Abou Hasna. There is no “neither drinking water nor food” in certain sectors.
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