Hostage release agreement was accepted by Hamas and Israel this Wednesday, after several days of uncertainty.
A ceasefire was agreed this Wednesday between Israel and the armed group Hamas. The Gaza government asks, however, that citizens “do not move before the official start of the ceasefire and for them to obtain information about the timing of the ceasefire from official sources”, according to a statement shared by .
Now, Hamas and its allied militant groups must free 33 hostages captured from Israel during the attacks of October 7, 2023. In exchange, hundreds of Palestinian prisoners will also be released by Israel. The initial phase of the ceasefire progresses, should last six weeks.
“The movement handled this matter with full responsibility and positivity, arising from their duty to our steadfast and resilient people in the Gaza Strip, to stop the Zionist aggression against them and put an end to the massacres and genocide they are facing,” reads a statement sent by Hamas to CNN.
According to CNN, this agreement should allow Palestinians who do not live in the Gaza Strip to travel there, and humanitarian aid to be sent to the region.
It points out that the agreement comes after more than 15 months of which, according to Gaza health authoritieshave killed more than 46,000 people in the Gaza strip.
Furthermore, this is also the first agreement to be reached between the two parties, with the exception of a short break in the war achieved in November 2023, when there was also an exchange of hostages.
So far, neither Hamas nor Israel have commented on the agreement, which, explains the , must be approved by the cabinet of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and come into force in the next few days, in an area where, until a few hours ago, .
