4-day humanitarian search in Gaza… Hamas announced the date
It was reported that tomorrow the agreement reached between Hamas and Israel on a four-day humanitarian pause and the exchange of prisoners will come into force.
The head of the Hamas International Relations Office, Musa Abu Marzouk, announced that tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. the agreement reached with Israel for a humanitarian pause in the conflict will begin.
Abu Merzuk stated that the majority of the 50 prisoners who will be released are foreign citizens and recalled that 3 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons will be released for every prisoner they hold.
ISRAEL: NOT a ceasefire
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen also said the first group of captives will be taken tomorrow as part of the deal with Hamas that will provide a humanitarian pause to the conflict. Minister Cohen stated on the program he attended on Israeli Army Radio that there will be a four-day pause in hostilities, but that this is not a “ceasefire.”
Israel and Hamas reached a prisoner exchange agreement brokered by Qatar and Egypt. In this framework, 150 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails will be released in exchange for 50 Israeli prisoners held by Hamas. (AGENCIES)