CJanuary 19 marks the very laborious start of the implementation of the agreement on Gaza, announced four days earlier by the Prime Minister of Qatar, with guarantees from the United States and Egypt. The principle of humanity should have long ago prevailed to impose both the release of the 98 hostages held by Hamas (only two-thirds of whom are still alive) and a ceasefire in a conflict which has already killed nearly of 47,000 Palestinians (i.e. a daily average of around a hundred deaths).
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Instead, what will at this stage only be a truce, like the truce in the last week of November 2023, remains pledged to an exchange of human beings. Only the ratio has changed, since it was one Israeli hostage for three Palestinian detainees, in November 2023, and it is now differentiated according to the categories of hostages. Three Israeli hostages must be exchanged on Sunday for 95 Palestinian detainees, or one for 32. The ratio could then be one sick or injured hostage for twelve Palestinians sentenced to life, while one hostage over 50 years old will be exchanged. against three sentenced to life imprisonment or 27 sentenced to lesser sentences.
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