Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said today, Wednesday, that the release of the first batch of Israeli detainees held by the Islamic Resistance Movement (agitation) in Gaza strip It will start tomorrow, Thursday, while another Israeli source stated the possibility of extending the temporary humanitarian truce to release more detainees.
Cohen said in an interview with Israeli Army Radio: “Tomorrow (Thursday) the release of the first batch of Israeli hostages will begin,” but he did not reveal the exact timing when they would be released.
Commenting on the humanitarian truce agreement in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, which was announced today, the Israeli Foreign Minister said, “This is not a ceasefire, but rather a 4-day truce aimed at liberating our abductees,” as he put it.
In this context, Al Jazeera’s correspondent said that the Israeli Prison Service is preparing to begin releasing Palestinian prisoners included in the government’s list.
In turn, the advisor to the Israeli Prime Minister said that Israel is ready to extend the humanitarian truce in Gaza to get more of its citizens out.
The State of Qatar announced at dawn today, Wednesday, the success of the joint mediation efforts with Egypt and the United States between Israel and the Hamas movement, as it resulted in reaching an agreement. Happening A humanitarian truce in the Gaza Strip will last for 4 days, subject to extension. The timing of its start will be announced within the next 24 hours.
The agreement includes the exchange of 50 civilian women and children prisoners in the Gaza Strip in the first phase, in exchange for the release of a number of Palestinian women and children detained in Israeli prisons. The truce will also allow the entry of a larger number of humanitarian convoys and relief aid, including fuel designated for humanitarian needs.
Commenting on the agreement, political researcher Moin Manna said that reaching… the agreement A humanitarian truce in Gaza – which was announced today, Wednesday – represents the result of a victory for the Palestinian resistance, which was able to besiege the Israeli occupation forces in a specific spot and exhaust them, which represents an insult to the “Zionist entity” and a threat to American influence in the region, and puts an end to the British and French efforts that lasted 200 A year in the wind.
Manna added – in exclusive statements to Al Jazeera Net – “The last week of the Israeli aggression was a week of pure attrition, and even the pace of bombing and massacres committed by the enemy was indicative of the state of impasse it was experiencing, and the state of heavy bleeding in which the occupation forces occurred at the level of military vehicles; whether Tanks, vehicles or personnel carriers, as well as elite soldiers and elite officers.”