Israel, USA and Hamas have reached a preliminary deal to release dozens of women and children held hostage in the Gaza Strip in exchange for a five-day pause in fighting. Washington Postciting people familiar with the agreement.

As part of the detailed six-page agreement, all sides will freeze hostilities for at least five days until “50 or more hostages are released in small groups every 24 hours.“, reported mail.

Hamas took about 240 hostages in the Oct. 7 attack in Israel that killed 1,200 people.

According to the newspaper, aerial surveillance will monitor movements on the ground to help monitor the pause, which also It is intended to allow the import of significant amounts of humanitarian aid.

There was no immediate comment from the White House or the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office on the report. mail.

The release of the hostages could begin in the coming days, according to sources familiar with the agreement.

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The agreement, brokered by Qatar, was outlined in a six-page document.

War was unleashed on October 7when Hamas militants entered Israel, killing 1,200 people and kidnapping more than 240.

Since then, The Israeli army attacked the Gaza Stripcontrolled by Hamas Islamists by land, sea and air, leaving more than 11,300 people dead and thousands displaced.

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US President Joe Biden stated this in a column in the same magazine on Saturday. Washington Post that his “heart hurts” over the deaths of Palestinian civilians, but again opposed the ceasefire because he believes Hamas will use it to “rebuild its rocket arsenal” and prepare new attacks on Israel.

(according to information from EFE And RTS)