The hostage Arbel Yehud, whose Liberation Israel demanded on Saturday, should go home in the week against 30 Palestinian prisoners, before the next exchange scheduled for Saturday, according to a head of Islamic jihad, an ally of Hamas in Gaza, and another close source of the file. The head of Islamic jihad assured that it “would be released before the next exchange agreement”, stressing “intensive efforts of the mediators” Qataris and Egyptians.
Another source close to the file indicated, also on condition of anonymity, that “the crisis had been resolved” and that the young woman, already described as in good health, would be free “probably on Friday”. The office of the Israeli Prime Minister had not immediately made comments.
The return of tens of thousands of Palestinians in northern Gaza blocked by Israel
The truce agreement, which entered into force last Sunday, provides for the release during the first six weeks of 33 hostages – women and men over 50 years old or in bad physical condition – in exchange for the exit of 1,900 Palestinian prisoners of Israeli prisons. Seven young women have already been released, including four soldiers on Saturday, while Arbbel Yehud, 29, kidnapped with his companion in their home at Kibbutz Nir Oz (South), is always captive in Gaza.
Sunday morning, the office of the Israeli Prime Minister accused the Palestinian Islamist movement of two violations of the agreement. He argued that Arbbel Yehud, a civil hostage, had “not been released” on Saturday when it was deemed priority, and that the “list of status” of the hostages – dead or alive – had “been” subject ”as he demanded. Israel has decided in return to prevent the return of tens of thousands of displaced to the north of the Gaza Strip devastated by the war, as long as these questions are not resolved. Hamas has itself accused Israel of being responsible for the blockage.
