Hamas must still provide a list of hostages before the official start of the truce

Israel warned on Sunday, less than an hour before the ceasefire agreement with Hamas comes into effect, that the truce will not begin until the Palestinian Islamist movement has transmitted a list expected hostages to be released during the day.

Hamas said in a statement that it had every intention of respecting the agreement but acknowledged a delay “in providing the names of hostages to be released”and this “for technical reasons in the field”.

“The prime minister gave instructions to the Israeli army that the ceasefire, which is due to come into effect at 8:30 a.m. local time, will not begin until Israel receives the list of released hostages, as Hamas is committed to doing so.Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a statement.