The ceasefire between Israel and Hamasapproved by the Israeli government late on Friday, will take effect from this Sunday at 7:30 in the morning (Spanish time). This was announced by the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Majed al Ansari, through his X account early this Saturday.
Despite the highly anticipated announcement, which will temporarily put an end to the Israeli attacks on the Strip, the spokesperson has demanded that citizens “take precautions, exercise maximum caution and wait for instructions from official sources.”
These statements of Majed Al Ansari, whose country has been a key protagonist in the negotiations, comes after the Israeli Executive, through the Security Cabinet,
In the message published by the senior Qatari leader through X, he points out that, “as agreed by the parties to the agreement and the mediators, The ceasefire in the Gaza Strip will begin at 8:30 AM on Sunday, January 19, Gaza local time. We recommend that residents take precautions, exercise maximum caution and wait for instructions from official sources,” in what has been the most anticipated message by the Gazan population since the war broke out on October 7, 2023.
According to Israeli media, including Haaretz, the vote counted with the ‘ok’ to the truce of 24 ministers and eight against (the Ministers of Security and Finance, as well as two from the Likud party, Netanyahu’s own party).
The conditions announced for the agreement, which will initially last six weeks, will be found in Israel’s prisons, giving priority in both cases to children, women and the elderly.
In this sense, Israel published during Friday night a preliminary list of the names of Palestinian prisoners that it will release first. “as part of the plan for the release of the hostages.”
The release of the Palestinian hostages will not take place before 3:00 p.m. on Sunday (local time), at which time the exchange of Israeli prisoners held by Hamas. With this first movement the first phase of the agreement will be completed.
According to the text published by the militia authorities, three hostages will first be released this Sunday, four more the following Sunday and three hostages per week for the following four weeks. The last 14 hostages will be released in the sixth and final week of this first phase of the ceasefire.
