► Negotiations for a truce in Gaza accelerate
Negotiators meeting to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza seek Wednesday, January 15 to finalize an agreement, now “at the final stage” according to Qatar after 15 months of a war between Israel and Hamas which left tens of thousands dead in the Palestinian territory.
Qatar, the main mediating country with the United States and Egypt, said the negotiations were “at the final stage”THE “main problems” having been settled, without however specifying which ones.
► 33 Israeli hostages against hundreds of Palestinian prisoners
According to two sources close to Hamas, 33 hostages should be released during the first phase of the agreement in progress, in exchange for a thousand Palestinians detained by Israel. The captives would be released “in groups, starting with children and women”according to one of them.
The Israeli government has confirmed that it is seeking the release of “33 hostages” during the first stage, and was ready to release “hundreds” Palestinian prisoners.
► Six dead in an Israeli strike in the West Bank
The Palestinian Authority announced the death of six people including a teenager Tuesday evening in an Israeli bombardment on the Jenin refugee camp, in the north of the occupied West Bank, the Israeli army saying it had carried out an air attack in this sector.
The Palestinian Authority Health Ministry released the identities of the dead: a 15-year-old boy and five men aged 23 to 34, including three brothers.
A stronghold of Palestinian armed groups engaged in the armed struggle against Israel, Jenin is regularly the target of Israeli military operations.
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