After days of uncertainty and new negotiations, Hamas and Israel have completed In the early hours of Wednesday to Thursday A new exchange in which the militia has delivered four bodies of Israeli hostages in exchange for the release of more than 600 Palestinian prisoners.
This new exchange is involved in the tension arising from what happened this weekend, when Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli prime minister, paralyzed the release of Palestinian prisoners until Hamas did not guarantee that The next installment of hostages without “degrading ceremonies”. This led to a new negotiation between sides to continue with the agreement of El Alto El Fuego and Exchange of Hostages, a negotiation that ended in an update of the agreement in which the militia promised not to perform more ceremonies.
After that, this morning there has been a new exchange, mediation and supervision of Egypt through. First, Hamas has delivered four bodies of Israeli hostages At the crossing of Kerem Shalom to the Red Cross while Egyptian representatives witnessed him. In the absence of Israel confirming the identity of the bodies at the intersection of Kerem Shalom, Hamas announced that the bodies he was going to deliver tonight were those of Itzik Elgrat, 70 years old; Ohad Yahalomi, 50; Shlomo Mansur, 85; and Tsahi Idan, 50.
In return, Israel has already released, in the first place, a total of 43 Palestinian prisoners that have already been distributed between Ramala (Bank Center) and Jerusalem, with the confirmation of Hamas of the arrival of up to 32 prisoners to the West Bank. Later, Israel has ended up freeing more than 600 Palestinian prisoners In this exchange, although the rest have been released after Israel confirmed the correct identity of the four bodies delivered by the militia.
Finally, Hamas has reiterated after the exchange that is willing to initiate conversations with Israel to define a second stage of Alto El Fuego and assured that the only way to free the remaining Israeli hostages is through the commitment to said agreement. “We renew our full commitment to the high fire agreement with all its details and provisions and our willingness to initiate negotiations related to the second phase of the agreement,” said the militia in a statement.
Source: Lasexta
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