The four-day cease-fire in Gaza and hostage swap is not going to start no less than till Friday, Israel and a Palestinian official mentioned Thursday morning.
Israeli National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi indicated the discharge of no less than 50 Israeli and overseas hostages held by Hamas was nonetheless on observe, however wouldn’t occur on Thursday as anticipated.
“The contacts on the release of our hostages are advancing and continuing constantly,” he mentioned in an announcement.
“The start of the release will take place according to the original agreement between the sides, and not before Friday.”
A second Israeli official mentioned {that a} short-term halt in preventing would additionally not start Thursday.
In the in the meantime, a Palestinian official advised the Agence France-Presse (AFP) Thursday that the delay in implementation of a truce within the Gaza Strip between Israeli forces and Hamas was as a result of “last minute” particulars over which hostages can be launched and the way.
The truce had been put again over “the names of the Israeli hostages and the modalities of their release,” mentioned the official, who has information of the negotiation course of.
The delay is a hammer blow to 2 million-plus Gazans praying for an finish to 47 days of Israeli aggression and deprivation, in addition to to the households of hostages.
The advanced and thoroughly choreographed deal noticed Israel and Hamas agree a four-day truce, throughout which no less than 50 hostages, taken within the Palestinian resistance group Hamas’s Oct. 7 incursion, can be launched.
For each 10 further hostages launched, there can be an additional day’s “pause” in preventing, an Israeli authorities doc mentioned.
Three Americans, together with 3-year-old Abigail Mor Idan, had been amongst these earmarked for launch.
In flip, Israel would launch no less than 150 Palestinian girls and kids and permit extra humanitarian assist into the besieged coastal territory after weeks of indiscriminate bombardment.
The deal got here after weeks of talks involving Israel, Palestinian resistance teams, Qatar, Egypt and the United States.
Qatari overseas ministry spokesman Majed Al-Ansari mentioned Thursday that implementation of the accord “continues and is going positively.”
“The truce agreement that was reached will be concluded in the coming hours,” he mentioned.
Source: www.dailysabah.com