Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned this Sunday that he has not yet received the list with the names of the three hostages who should be released today as part of the ceasefire agreement with Hamas, and said that the truce will not begin. until Israel has that list.
“The prime minister ordered the Army that the ceasefire, which should come into force at 8:30 a.m. (6:30 GMT), will not begin until Israel has the list of the freed hostages, which Hamas has agreed to provide,” he said. Netanyahu’s office in a brief message.
The president held a security meeting last night to discuss the issue of the list, which the Islamist group should have delivered 24 hours before the release of the hostages, scheduled for this Sunday at 4:00 p.m. local time (2:00 p.m. GMT).
For its part, Hamas defended this Sunday that it is committed to the agreement, and that the delay is due to “technical reasons on the ground”, without offering more details.
Netanyahu already warned this Saturday that Israel will not begin preparations to release Palestinian prisoners without having the names of those kidnapped who must be released today.
In the first phase of the agreement, Israel and Hamas have agreed to a six-week ceasefire, in which there will be a gradual exchange of 33 Israeli hostages for more than 1,900 Palestinian prisoners.
During those six weeks, negotiations will also take place for a second phase of the truce, in which the release of all Israeli hostages in Gaza would be completed and the foundations for the end of the war would be laid.
The ceasefire is scheduled to come into force at 8:30 a.m. local time (6:30 GMT), after which the release of three Israeli hostages in Gaza and 90 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails will take place.
Despite the threat from Netanyahu’s office, the Army reported this Saturday that it has completed preparations to receive the hostages who will begin returning to Israel today.
