The ceasefire in Gaza will be extended for two more days, as announced this Monday by a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, a country that, together with Egypt, acts as a mediator between Israel and Hamas and which the Islamist organization confirmed shortly after in a brief statement in which he said: “.”With the mediation of our brothers in Qatar and Egypt, we have reached an agreement to extend the ceasefire for two more days, under the same conditions as the current truce.”
The White House confirmed that the agreement had indeed occurred.
At the same time, a new exchange of hostages for prisoners is expected to take place this Monday. The director of the State Information Service, Diaa Rashwan, who acts as spokesperson for the Egyptian Government, indicated that this Monday the Islamist group Hamas will release 11 more hostages, while Israel will release 33 Palestinians from its prisons within the framework of the current truce. .
So far, the exchange of hostages for prisoners has occurred punctually, with the exception of a tense delay that occurred on Saturday, after Hamas denounced an alleged breach of the agreement by Israel.
In three days, Hamas has transferred 39 Israeli hostages to the Red Cross as part of the agreement with Netanyahu’s Israeli executive, in addition to another 19 people not included in the pact, of which 17 are Thai citizens, one Filipino and one Russian. Israeli.
For its part, Israel has released 117 Palestinian women and children in compliance with the agreement, which provides for the release of 50 Israeli hostages in total in exchange for 150 Palestinian prisoners during the four days of this truce, which expires in the next few hours.
