An agreement has been reached between Israel and Hamas on a 4-day ceasefire. In exchange for stopping Israeli attacks, Hamas will release 50 Israeli prisoners. However, it is not yet clear when this deal will be implemented.
Qatar and Egypt have mediated this deal. Under the deal, Hamas will release Israeli women and children in the first stage.
Immediately after this announcement, Hamas issued a message on Telegram saying that ‘Israel will also release 150 Palestinian prisoners, mostly women and teenagers.’
10 prisoners in exchange for one day ceasefire
The Israeli Prime Minister’s office said that in the second stage, there will be a one-day ceasefire for every 10 additional prisoners.
According to the statement from the PM Office, ‘The Israeli government, IDF and security services will continue the fight to bring back all prisoners and completely eliminate Hamas. We will ensure that Israel does not face any further threat from Gaza.
Hamas said in the statement, ‘After several days of complex negotiations, we have agreed to a four-day humanitarian ceasefire, which includes the tireless efforts of Qatar and Egypt.’
According to Hamas, the deal includes:
- Entry of hundreds of trucks carrying medical, fuel and supplies into North and South Gaza Strip
- Air traffic will be stopped in South Gaza for four days
- Air traffic will be stopped in North Gaza for 6 hours every day
- During the ceasefire, Israel has agreed not to target anyone and not to arrest anyone in all areas of the Gaza Strip.
A list of Palestinian prisoners who are to be released in the next 24 hours will be released. At the same time, Israeli PM Netanyahu has made it clear that the news of war stopping after the ceasefire is wrong.
