“After a particularly stressful day, we received the news through the media”he tweeted Jen Aviggdori, whose wife and 12-year-old daughter were kidnapped by Hamas, pointing out that the Israeli authorities had not informed the families of the hostages about the delay in the agreement scheduled for this Thursday morning. They had to learn from the media when Netanyahu’s adviser, National Security Council President Tzachi Hanegbi, announced it: “The hostage negotiations are progressing steadily (…) the release will begin in accordance with the original agreement between the parties, and” not before Friday “, he officially announced.
As announced last night, Israel and Hamas agreed to release all children held in Gaza and their mothers. In total, 50 people live in exchange for 150 Palestinian prisoners, women and minors, in Israeli prisons and four days of ceasefire. However, Hamas said it did not necessarily know the whereabouts of all of its prisoners and that some of them were being held by other groups in the strip.
But today, after an agonizing day, the Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman announced in the afternoon that the ceasefire would begin tomorrow, Friday, at 7 a.m. local time 13 hostages are releasedChildren and women, at four o’clock in the afternoon “about, don’t take me literally,” said Majed Al-Ansari.
When asked by a journalist whether the hostages were still alive, the spokesman replied “yes”. Israel will release the promised 150. The remaining Israelis, up to the agreed number of 50, are expected to be released during the lull in the war.
An Israeli military source also said Thursday that the four-day lull in fighting would be suspended and that Israeli military operations in Gaza would continue until the agreement was reached, the army spokesman said. Daniel Hagari.
The details that aren’t
The families of the hostages gather every day in the so-called Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, in front of the Ministry of Defense, waiting to receive official news and put pressure on the government, surrounded by posters with photos of the hostages and the motto “Bring her back!”today they received the first good news after 48 days of torment. Little by little, families will be notified who will receive their loved ones in what will hopefully be the first exchange.
And as thousands of foreign journalists in Israel report on this situation, the Prime Minister’s Office has sent out a statement asking the media not to broadcast or publish certain security and intelligence matters without first consulting the Censorship Board, and not the Identity of possible released persons, nor the number or location of troops inside or outside the Gaza Strip, nor intelligence information about activities related to the hostages, and similar information.
Meanwhile there is war
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) today reported the largest rocket explosion fired from Lebanon since the start of the war, estimated at around 35. There were no reports of injuries in the attacks. The pro-Iranian Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the attack and actually said it fired 48 rockets. The IDF said it attacked the rocket launchers in response.
In addition, shots were fired from Lebanon throughout the morning several anti-tank rockets and mortars against areas along the border.
The Israeli advances in Gaza continued in his goal to dismantle Hamas’ underground network in the northern part of the strip. According to Israel Army Radio, it was reported today that the director of Shifa Hospital in Gaza City was arrested by the IDF along with other members of the medical staff.
Abu Salmiya was arrested as he was on his way to evacuate the area to reach the south of the Strip via a humanitarian corridor that the Israeli military had opened for civilians to leave the area and seek refuge in the south .
This is what a report by the public broadcaster Kan says Abu Salmiya He is being interrogated by the Shin Bet domestic intelligence service and the IDF intelligence service.
Since the start of the war, Israel has sought and produced evidence to support its longstanding accusations that Hamas is using Shifa Hospital as an operations and command center. The United States later confirmed the evidence provided by Israel.
In addition, the IDF reported this the fighters of his 401st Brigade operated on the outskirts of Jabalia They today found four “important” tunnels dug to great depths, as well as a cache of weapons hidden under the beds of a senior Hamas member’s children and in closets. According to the military, the tunnels are connected to a power grid and were used by Hamas.