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The two warring parties have agreed to extend the ceasefire. The USA and UN Secretary General António Guterres welcome the decision. The news ticker regarding the war in Israel.
fire break im Gaza war: More Hamas hostages released – including GermansTrain as intermediary: Head of government sees war in Gaza as a “real threat”The information processed here regarding the war in Israel and Gaza comes from local and international media and news agencies. Much information regarding the situation in Israel and the Gaza Strip cannot be independently verified. We remain transparent in these cases too.
Update from November 28th, 6:15 a.m: The Israeli government has received a list of Hamas hostages to be released today, according to a media report. This is reported by Israeli Army Radio, citing the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The News Website Axios wrote, according to the news outlet Archyde.comthat the list contained the names of ten hostages; Netanyahu’s office had no comment.
Israel News: More Hamas hostages released – including Germans
Update from November 27th, 10:20 p.m.: Two German teenagers were among the hostages released in the Gaza Strip on Monday. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) announced this in the evening on Network X (formerly Twitter). This brings the number of released hostages with German passports to ten. In its terrorist attack on October 7th, Hamas kidnapped a total of around 240 people into the Gaza Strip, including around 20 people who also have German citizenship.
According to the Israeli Defense Forces, the eleven hostages who were recently freed from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip are now in Israeli territory. Those affected are currently being escorted to their families by special forces and members of the Shin Bet security service, reports Times of Israel. There are therefore nine children and young people and two mothers. The youngest children are three-year-old twins.
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War in Israel: Hostage group handed over to the Red Cross
Update from November 27th, 8:55 p.m.: According to the Israeli army, the Islamist Hamas handed over another group of hostages to the Red Cross as part of the ceasefire in the Gaza war. Eleven hostages were handed over to the care of Red Cross employees on Monday, the Israeli army said dpa with. According to Israeli media reports, there are nine children and two women. In return, 33 female and teenage Palestinian prisoners are to be released. Israeli media had reported that several Thai hostages in the Gaza Strip were also to be released.
Israel war: Hamas chief is said to have met hostages
Update from November 27th, 8:52 p.m.: The head of the Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Jihia al-Sinwar, is said to have visited Israeli hostages following they were kidnapped in the coastal strip. Israeli television reported this loudly dpa on Monday, citing a released hostage.
The unnamed woman said the visit took place in an underground tunnel in the first days following the kidnapping on October 7th. The visitor introduced himself as Jihia al-Sinwar and spoke Hebrew. “You are safest here, nothing will happen to you,” he said. The report cannot be independently verified.
Sinwar was convicted by Israel in 1988 of murdering four suspected collaborators and two Israeli soldiers. He spent more than two decades in Israeli custody and learned Hebrew during that time. In 2011, Sinwar was one of more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners released in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit. In 2017 he became head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Israel war: Guterres sees extension of ceasefire as a “glimmer of hope”
Israel War: More hostages expected to be released
Update from November 27th, 6:35 p.m.: A few hours before the end of the first ceasefire, it is clear that the ceasefire in Gaza will be extended. This was announced by Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majid al-Ansari on Monday evening.
During the ceasefire there should be loud noises German Press Agency (dpa) more hostages are also released. The release of more Israeli hostages was expected on Monday. According to the Egyptian State Information Service (SIS), eleven hostages held in the Gaza Strip are expected to be released. Negotiations are underway to release 33 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons in return.
The US welcomes the extension of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas by two days. It is hoped that the 20 hostages who will be released next by Hamas will also be US citizens, the presidential office in Washington said, according to the news agency Archyde.com with. Eight to nine US citizens are believed to be in the hands of Hamas. The US is Israel’s closest ally and has pushed for the ceasefire.
Israel war: ceasefire extended by two days
Update from November 27th, 5:25 p.m.: Israel and the terrorist group Hamas agreed to an extension shortly before the ceasefire expired. This was announced by Qatar’s Foreign Ministry, and the country had already acted as a mediator. The ceasefire will remain in effect for two more days, it was said. This should last until Thursday morning. The Islamist Hamas also confirmed the extension of the ceasefire. According to the terrorist organization, the same conditions apply to the two remaining days of the break in fighting as to the previous four.
Update from November 27th, 4:05 p.m: Israel has proposed an extension of the four-day ceasefire to the radical Islamic group Hamas. Hamas has been informed that there is “a possibility” for an extension of the pause in fighting, government spokesman Eylon Levy told reporters today.
Israel News: Qatar calls Mossad and Hamas for further negotiations
First report: Doha – Qatar becomes the big image winner in the Israel war: The Gulf state played a key role in mediating the release of the Hamas hostages. Qatar is an ally of the USA and an important trading partner of numerous Western countries – but also offers residence to high-ranking Hamas representatives, including Hamas leader Ismail Hanijeh.
Israel News: Qatar praises “positive dynamics” – Mossad and Hamas in negotiations
Qatar has called on the states in the region to advance a solution to the Middle East conflict. The agreement between Israel and Hamas on the release of hostages and a humanitarian ceasefire “at least succeeded in creating a positive dynamic,” said Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (HE DOESNovember 27 edition).
According to information from the Jerusalem Post Officials from the Israeli foreign secret service Mossad also took part. This information might not initially be independently verified. As the lead mediator between the conflict parties, he experienced “intense days and weeks,” said al-Thani HE DOES.
He expressed doubts that Israel would achieve its goal of destroying the Islamist Palestinian organization Hamas with the war in the Gaza Strip. “Whether we agree with it or not,” Hamas is part of Gaza and West Bank society, he said.
Qatar calls Israel war a “threat” – ceasefire should be extended
Al-Thani said his country had acted as a mediator to contain the conflict, which was a “real threat” to the entire region. At the same time, the Qatari head of government made it clear that his country had no sympathy for Hamas. The ceasefire in the Israel war must be extended in any case.
In response to a question, he said: “We sympathize with the Palestinian people and the Palestinian cause. We have sympathy for the people who have been suffering for decades. And we will do everything that helps the Palestinian people. Our support is not for political parties or political ideologies.” (with news agency material)
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