On the 47th day of the Israeli war on Gaza, the Islamic Resistance Movement and Israel reached an agreement on a humanitarian truce in Gaza that will last for 4 days and can be extended, with Qatari and Egyptian mediation and American support.
The Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the agreement includes the exchange of 50 civilian women and children prisoners in the Gaza Strip in the first stage, 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.
In parallel, Israeli bombing continued on areas of the Gaza Strip, and the number of war martyrs in Gaza rose to 14,532 martyrs, including about 6,000 children.
These are the most prominent developments on day 47:
- US National Security Advisor: Qatar will be the one that will announce the start of the truce in Gaza.
- The Israeli Army: We do not know when the ceasefire will take effect in Gaza.
- Israeli Minister of Science: Israel must confront attempts to establish a Palestinian state.
- Bloomberg: Washington informed Israel that killing a large number of civilians would make it difficult to continue the war against Hamas.
- Al-Qassam: We targeted the occupation soldiers and vehicles penetrating Gaza City.
- Islamic Jihad: We are committed to the truce if the occupation adheres to it.
- The White House: We will continue working to release the remaining hostages.
- The number of martyrs in the war on Gaza rose to 14,532 martyrs, including about 6,000 children.
- Russia: We have not yet seen evidence of the presence of Hamas sites in hospitals.
- The occupation army announces the killing of a soldier in the northern Gaza Strip.
- Germany thanks Qatar’s efforts in the armistice agreement.
- Italy: Israel must respect international law.
- UNICEF: More than 5,300 Palestinian children have been killed since the start of the war.
- UN official: Our international values are being abandoned in Gaza.
- Hezbollah: The resistance targeted an Israeli force at the Raheb site.
- UNRWA: The blockade must be lifted permanently and aid must reach Gaza without conditions.
- Haniyeh’s advisor: Lists of prisoners are now being exchanged and audited.
- UNRWA: 191 people were killed in our schools.
- The Israeli Prison Service is preparing to begin releasing Palestinian prisoners.
- Iranian Foreign Minister Amir Abdollahian: The Palestinians are the ones who will decide the future of Gaza and the future of their country.
- A Hezbollah source: We were not part of the negotiations related to the armistice agreement.
- Egyptian Foreign Minister: The miserable conditions in northern Gaza should not be exploited to incite displacement.
- Saudi Foreign Minister: Aid should not be used as a means of collective punishment.
- Jordanian Foreign Minister: Gaza needs 800 aid trucks daily.
- Erdogan: The Gaza Strip will remain Palestinian territory even if Israel occupies it.
- Iranian guide: The Zionist entity received a fatal blow from Hamas.
- Abbas welcomes the humanitarian truce agreement and demands comprehensive solutions.
- Jordan hopes that the Gaza truce will be a step towards ending the war.
- Al-Qassam Brigades mourns what it described as Qassam Commander Khalil Kharaz, who was assassinated by “the hand of Zionist treachery” in southern Lebanon on Tuesday.
- The European Union promises to use the truce to increase aid to Gaza.
- Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani expresses his hope that the truce in Gaza will establish a sustainable agreement that will stop the war and lead to comprehensive peace talks.
- 5 martyrs in Tulkarm in an Israeli drone bombardment.
- The Israeli army announces the killing of a unit commander in the Golani Brigade in Gaza.
- Biden welcomes the prisoner exchange agreement between Israel and Hamas.
- The Qatari Foreign Ministry announces the success of joint mediation efforts with Egypt and the United States in reaching an agreement on a humanitarian truce in the Gaza Strip that will last for 4 days and can be extended.
- A senior American official praises Qatar’s role in reaching an agreement between Israel and Hamas, the most prominent provisions of which led to an exchange of prisoners from both sides and a temporary ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
- Hamas announces that it has reached an agreement with Israel on a humanitarian truce in the Gaza Strip for a period of 4 days, after “determined and determined Qatari and Egyptian efforts,” and after negotiations that it described as difficult and complex.
- Reuters quoted the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as saying that the government voted in favor of the agreement that guarantees the release of some detainees in Gaza.
- Reuters reported that the US Army carried out precise strikes against two facilities in Iraq in response to attacks targeting its forces there.
- The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation: Directors of the security services presented the details of the hostage deal to the government.
- South Africa decides to close the Israeli embassy and expel the ambassador.