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11 h 47. Thousands of Palestinians displaced by the war have taken the road to return home, AFP journalists noted. They arrive in Jabalia from Gaza City, in the north of the Palestinian territory. Other return movements of the population were observed in the sectors of Rafah and Khan Younès (south), according to testimonies collected by telephone.
11 h 30. A little over an hour after the ceasefire came into effect, Israel warns of continued“regional instability” if Hamas remains in power in Gaza.
The governance of the enclave remains completely unclear and should be addressed during the third phase of the agreement negotiated this week.
10 h 15. Israel announces that the ceasefire must come into effect at 9:15 a.m. GMT, i.e. 11:15 a.m. local time and 10:15 a.m. Paris time. Benjamin Netanyahu’s services had confirmed a few minutes earlier that they had received the “list of hostages” to be released by the Palestinian Islamist movement on Sunday.
10 h. Israel’s Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir (far right), announced the departure of his movement from the government of Benjamin Netanyahu. He had always been opposed to a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. The text validated Friday January 17 is in his eyes «irresponsible».
This announcement does not bring down the government, which still benefits from a narrow majority in Parliament.
9 h 50. Hamas has just published the list of three Israeli hostages to be released this Sunday. According to the Times of Israelthese are three civilians kidnapped on October 7, 2023.
-9 h 03. A senior Hamas official tells AFP that Israel will receive “incessantly” the expected list of 3 hostages released on Sunday, “maybe soldiers or civilians”he said. According to him, the Palestinian Islamist movement said that “the exchange (hostages/prisoners) will proceed as planned”.
8 h 35. The Israeli army carried out strikes on the northern Gaza Strip after 6:30 a.m. GMT (7:30 a.m. Paris time), the time a ceasefire with Hamas was due to come into effect. They left eight dead and more than 25 injured, according to Civil Defense.
The IDF also announced that it had recovered the remains of a staff sergeant, hostage in Gaza since 2014.
8 h 30. Hello everyone, welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to monitoring the truce between Hamas and Israel. Endorsed on Saturday January 18, 2025, it provides in particular for a 42-day ceasefire, the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip and that of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners imprisoned in Israel.
The ceasefire was due to come into effect this Sunday at 6:30 a.m. GMT (7:30 a.m. Paris time) but was delayed as Palestinian Hamas has not yet submitted the list of hostages to be released in the day as requested by Israel. A delay that Hamas justifies by “technical reasons on the ground”.
As a result, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “informed the army that the ceasefire scheduled to take effect at 8:30 a.m. (local time) will not begin until Israel has the list of hostages that should be released and that Hamas has committed to providing.”according to a press release.
