Israel’s deal with Hamas It is being fulfilled, although with tension and great difficulty in the release of hostages and the release of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the three days of truce. However, Qatar and Egypt They are mediating the conflict in a very effective way and solving the numerous problems that arise in deliveries. Until now, 58 hostages have been released (including Israelis and foreigners) and 117 prisoners have been released Palestinians in return, all of them are children and women.

In the three days of truce, The most agonizing was this Saturday, when there was even a delay in delivery and accusations by Hamas of Israel being in breach of the agreement. Finally, this liberation occurred after the mediation of Qatar and Egypt. This Sunday, however, passed normally after the release of 17 hostages (14 Israeli citizens and three foreigners). Among them is a four-year-old American-Israeli girl, according to CNN.

The Israeli government has published the names of the 14 Israeli hostages – four women, nine minors and a man with dual Russian nationality- that the Islamist group Hamas released this Sunday along with three Thais. “The Israeli Government welcomes the 17 kidnapped people returning to Israel,” the Office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement. who this Sunday entered the Gaza Strip for the first time since the conflict broke out.

After this release, the total number of hostages released rises to 58, after the 24 released on Friday and the 17 this Saturday and now added 17 this Sunday. Likewise, Israel has released 39 Palestinian prisoners (only women and children) each day of these three truce, bringing the total to 117. The agreement provides for the release of a total of 50 Israeli hostages in exchange for 150 Palestinian prisoners and could be extended in case Hamas commits to handing over at least ten captives per day.

Humanitarian aid trucks

The agreement also includes the entry of humanitarian aid trucks. This Sunday they entered the Gaza Strip from Egypt through the Rafah crossing on the third day of the truce, after the Islamist group Hamas delayed the departure of the second batch of hostages on Saturday after accusing Israel of not complying with the conditions of the agreement, among them the arrival of aid to northern Gaza. The Egyptian channel Al Qahera News has indicated that “new aid arrived in the Gaza Strip, including food, mineral water, flour, emergency medical supplies, winter clothes and blankets, among others.

Furthermore, he has pointed out that they entered trucks with 129,000 liters of diesel and 80,000 liters of gasoline, although no further details were given so far on the number of vehicles that have crossed. The figure for Saturday, the day it was received, is known, however. a record number of 187 trucks with humanitarian aid. 61 of them arrived in the northern Strip, the main area of ​​hostilities, as confirmed by the UN, which has also taken advantage of the truce to eliminate 400 tons of garbage that had accumulated for weeks in their shelters.