The ceasefire agreement in Gaza, which was announced on Wednesday January 15 by American President Joe Biden, is part of a complex machinery, the proper functioning of which will be supervised from Cairo by three guarantor States, the States -United States, Qatar and Egypt. This arrangement, supposed to come into force on Sunday January 19, involves a whole series of measures, divided into three phases, which should lead to a definitive end to the war between Hamas and the Jewish state.
The agreement provides for the release of 98 Israeli hostages (94 captured on October 7 and 4 previously kidnapped), some of whom are presumed dead, in exchange for several hundred Palestinian prisoners, the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from the coastal enclave, the entry of humanitarian aid into this territory and the return of displaced Palestinian populations to their homes.
During the first phase, scheduled to last 42 days, Hamas is expected to release 33 Israeli captives, including all civilian and military women, children and men over the age of 50. According to a source familiar with the matter, cited by the Reuters agency, these hostages will be released every week in groups of at least three. It is planned that in return, by the end of the first phase, Israel will release all women and all Palestinians under the age of 19 arrested since October 7. The total number of Palestinians released, which will depend on the number of hostages released, could be between 990 and 1,650, the source said. According to the Israeli press, some of them, notably detainees from the West Bank convicted of blood crimes, could be deported abroad.
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