No Israeli hostage kidnapped by Hamas will be released before Friday, announced the head of the National Security Council From Israel, Tzachi Hanegbialthough it was expected that both truce like the first releases They will start on Thursday.
“The negotiations for the release from our hostages do not stop,” Hanegbi said in a statement, adding that “the releases will begin according to the original agreement between the parties and not before Friday.”
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The head of the Israeli Security Council does not mention the trucescheduled for Thursday morning starting at 10 a.m. local time, according to an official from that country contacted by AFP.
The Israeli press reported on a project release of the firsts hostages at noon. The office of the government He even invited journalists at night to Tel Aviv to a press center dedicated to the “return of the hostages.
Israel and Hamas announced this Wednesday an agreement that provides for the release of 50 hostages held in the Gaza Strip in exchange of 150 Palestinians detained in the israeli prisonsand one truce four days in palestinian territory.
The war between Israel and Hamas began on October 7 due to the unprecedented attack by the Palestinian movement in Israeli soil from Gaza.
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According to Israeli authoritiesat least 1,200 people died, mostly civiliansand about 240 were taken as hostages to Gaza. In response, Israel vowed to “annihilate” Hamas and began a bombing incessant of the Gaza Strip. He israeli army It has also been carrying out a ground offensive in that territory since the end of October.
According to the government of Hamasmore than 14 thousand people died in the Israeli bombings in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the waramong them more than 5,800 minors.