The Israeli government agreed in the early hours of this Wednesday to a temporary ceasefire agreement with the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Gaza Strip, which includes the exchange of hostages held by Palestinian militias for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons. The Prime Minister’s Office indicated in a statement that the agreement calls for the release of at least 50 hostages – women and children – during “a period of four days during which there will be a lull in fighting”, while they will add a day to the ceasefire for ten additional publications each.
The emergency cabinet formed after the Hamas offensive, which consists of 38 ministers, has been meeting for more than eight hours but has given no further details on other concessions that Israel is believed to have accepted, such as the release of Palestinians held captive in Israeli prisons or the entry of humanitarian aid and additional fuel to the Palestinian enclave. Furthermore, the details of the vote are also not known as some political parties had previously expressed their opposition to the agreement.
The three-hour meeting took place at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv and began with chaotic scenes amid a dispute with some families being denied entry. At the end of the meeting Udi Gorenwhose cousin Tal Haimi is trapped in Gaza, told reporters: “A few days ago we met with (war cabinet ministers) Benny) Gantz And (Gadi) Iron droppings. “They told us unequivocally that the general goal of the war is the return of the hostages.”

However, Goren pointed out that Netanyahu had just told them that the goal of destroying Hamas was equivalent to returning the hostages, which angered those in attendance. The relatives of the abductees are asking the government to do everything necessary: prisoner exchange, ceasefire, anything to return the prisoners. “This is incredibly disappointing because (…) we know that the overthrow of Hamas will take, as they say, months or years, a long time,” Goren lamented.
An example of his unpredictability, according to Harel, is Sinwar’s attitude towards hostages with Russian citizenship. The Russian President, Wladimir Putin, has indirectly supported Hamas in its war with Israel, so the organization would be interested in maintaining friendship with Moscow, he speculates. However, not even these hostages were released.
Under the agreement, Hamas would bring back about 50 women and children. Discussions are also underway about a few dozen more hostages who, according to Hamas, are being held by other Palestinian organizations or Gaza clans. In return, Hamas would take in 150 Palestinian prisoners, all women and children. He would also get what Israel says is most important to Hamas: a five-day ceasefire. In addition, the Islamists are demanding that Israel stop flights in Gaza airspace during the ceasefire.
The Israeli military reported that its warplanes struck about 250 Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets the previous day, including Hamas personnel, rocket launchers and other infrastructure. They also reported that yesterday evening a helicopter gunship attacked a rocket-launching position from which shots were fired at the center and reached Tel Aviv and its surroundings.
The mayor is now in the north of the country David Azoulay from the border town with Lebanon, Metula, has described the new situation around his town, in which communities are paralyzed by the threat from the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah, and has called for Israel to form a “security zone 5 km south of the town.” should limit. Two journalists and a civilian were killed in an Israeli attack in the south, Lebanese official media reported. TV Al Mayadeen He confirmed that two journalists were part of his team. 50 journalists have already been killed in this war.