Israel confirmed this Hamas hostages who were released this Saturday on the second day of the truce, are already in the hands of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and are heading to Egypt, where they will be handed over to Israeli security services.

“According to information received from the Red Cross, the hostages are currently heading to the Rafah checkpoint in the Gaza Strip,” a military spokesman said.

After several hours of delay, Qatar has confirmed that the Islamist group Hamas will release 13 Israeli hostages, as well as 4 more foreigners.and that Israel will release 39 Palestinian prisoners on the second day of a truce between the parties and a hostage-for-prisoner exchange, after the operation was carried out successfully without delay yesterday.

“After a delay in effecting the release of prisoners on both sides, obstacles were overcome through Qatari-Egyptian communications on both sides, and this evening 39 Palestinian civilians will be released in exchange for the release of 13 Israeli hostages from the Gaza Strip,” said Majed al-Ansari, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, the country mediating the agreement, on his official X (formerly Twitter) account.

Among those released from Israeli prisons are “33 children and 6 women”At the same time, eight children and five women were released from Israeli captives in the hands of Hamas, as well as four foreigners, the details of which he did not specify. Qatar initially announced the release of seven foreign captives.

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Hamas postponed the handover of the second batch of hostages, scheduled for 1400 GMT, and accused Israel of violating the terms of the agreement achieved regarding the flow of humanitarian aid and the release of the longest-serving Palestinian prisoners in prison.

After several hours of silence following the Hamas statement, the Israeli government reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this afternoon:assessment of the situation with all safety elements in place to ensure that the second phase goes according to plan.”

According to Jewish media, Israel threatened Islamist group with a renewed military offensive in the Gaza Strip if he does not release the second batch of prisoners by midnight.

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This week the parties agreed through the mediation of Egypt, Qatar and the United States, exchange of 50 Israeli hostages for 150 Palestinian prisonerswithin four days of a truce and the daily arrival of 200 trucks of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.

The Islamist group regretted that the aid that reached the northern Gaza Strip was “much less than agreed” accused Israel of failing to respect seniority criteria in releasing 39 prisoners this Friday; and violated the truce by shooting two Gazans as they tried to visit their homes in the north of the enclave, taking advantage of a pause in fighting. (EFE)