Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, On Tuesday, he called a meeting of the war cabinet and the entire government to discuss the “release of the hostages.”

“Hopefully there will be good news soon”Netanyahu said in a statement released by his office, as rumors intensified. imminent agreement with Islamist group Hamas for the release of a group of hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners and a temporary ceasefire.

The President first convened a meeting with war cabinet at 18:00 Israeli time (10:00 Mexican time), then with the Political and Security Cabinet at 19:00 and finally with the entire government at 20:00.

These meetings were called “in light of the events surrounding the release of the hostages”, reported in the message.

Israeli media speculated that the reason for these meetings was provide the necessary government approval for the agreement Negotiations are being conducted by the United States, Egypt and Qatar.

“We are moving forward. “I don’t think it’s worth saying too much, even at this moment,” Netanyahu said today, referring to the potential release of the hostages, during a meeting with soldiers.

Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari said at a press conference today that “an agreement between Hamas and Israel on hostage exchange is close.”. “Only some logistical and non-essential details are missing, so these can be resolved.”

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Sources in the Egyptian security services explained to the agency today EFE what he the agreement will include a temporary five-day ceasefire, in which 50 hostages held by Hamas will be released in exchange for 300 Palestinian prisoners in Israel.

Sources also detailed that children and women will be freed and that their release “will be carried out in stages, at a rate of 10 Israeli prisoners per day, compared to 30 Palestinian prisoners.”

They also stressed that the pact would allow entry into the Gaza Strip 300 trucks with food, medical and fuel assistance.

Head of Hamas’s political wing Ismail Haniya, exiled to Qatar, confirmed on Tuesday that the group close to concluding a truce with Israel, after a month and a half of war that has left more than 14,500 people dead, the vast majority of them in the Gaza Strip.

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Israel declared war on Hamas on October 7 following an attack by the Islamist group that included rocket fire and infiltration of some 3,000 militias who brutally killed about 1,200 people and kidnapped more than 240 people in Israeli settlements near the Gaza Strip.

Israeli air, naval and ground forces have since counterattacked the Palestinian enclave, where there are already more than 13,300 dead, most of them children and women, and more than 6,500 missing people who may have been trapped under the rubble, so the death toll could be even higher.

(EFE)