Majed al-Ansarirepresentative Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatarcountry mediating an agreement between the Islamist group Hamas And Israelstated that after the “delay” second exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners “overcoming obstacles” that caused Hamas to delay the exchange.

“After the delay in the release of prisoners on both sides, Obstacles were overcome thanks to Qatari-Egyptian ties with both sides.and this night 39 Palestinian civilians will be released in exchange for release 13 Israeli detainees from Gaza plus 7 foreigners outside the scope of the contract“, the Qatari official said on his official account. X, before Twitter.

Among those released from Israeli prisons are “33 children and 6 women”while the Israeli hostages held by Hamas and who will be released, 8 children and 5 womenin addition to seven foreigners, the details of which he did not specify.

The Egyptian official assured EFE What International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) vehicles have already started moving take hostages.

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Hamas delayed the transfer of the second batch of hostages 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 announced that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke this afternoonassessment of the situation with all security elements to make sure the second phase goes according to plan.”

According to Jewish media, Israel threatened Islamist group resume military offensive in Gaza if second wave is not released prisoners until midnight.

This week the parties agreed through the mediation of Egypt, Qatar and the United States on an exchange 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 expressed regret over this. Aid reaching the north of the sector was “much less than agreed”accused Israel of failing to respect seniority criteria in releasing yesterday’s 39 prisoners; as well as violation of the truce shoot two Gazans when they tried to visit their homes in the north of the enclave, taking advantage of a pause in the fighting.

(EFE)