In a statement, Israel announced that it approved the ceasefire agreement with Hamas in Gaza. His government pledged to release 1,890 Palestinian prisoners in the first phase of the truce agreement. The truce will come into effect on Sunday January 19 at 7:30 a.m.
After the green light given Friday evening, the content of the agreement became clearer. “The hostage release plan will come into force on Sunday January 19, 2025“, indicates a statement issued by the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Saturday January 18. The ceasefire will come into force at 8:30 a.m. in Gaza, 7:30 a.m. in France, said the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar , mediating country.
The ceasefire must be organized over six weeks and is divided into several phases. The first, which will last 42 days, includes the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. According to the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, Israel will release “more than 1,890 Palestinian prisoners” in exchange for 33 Israeli hostages. On Saturday evening, the Israeli Prime Minister demanded to receive the list of hostages to be released the next day before carrying out the first exchange of prisoners.
A truce in three phases
Among the Palestinian prisoners expected to be released is Zakaria Zubeidi. He is responsible for several attacks against Israeli civilians and former leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, the armed wing of the Fatah party, who escaped from an Israeli prison in 2021, recalls The World. Negotiated by several mediators, the truce should have three phases, the last leading to the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.
-Other measures of the agreement include the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, with 600 trucks per day on the first day of the agreement’s implementation. A week later, the displaced Palestinians, sheltering in tents south of the enclave, should be able to return home, reports franceinfo.
published on January 18 at 9:59 a.m., Teddy Perez, 6Medias
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