Hamas has appointed four Israeli prisoners that will be released in the latest exchange of fire breaks | News of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Hamas says four wives of soldiers will be exchanged for Palestinian prisoners on Saturday.
Hamas published the names of four Israeli soldiers who will be released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in another exchange according to a truce in Gaza.
Those who will be released are the soldiers of Liri Albag, Karina Ariev, Danielle Gilbo and Naama Levy according to a brief statement that Abu Promida, a spokesman for the armed wing of Hamas on Friday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahua’s office confirmed that the list was received from the mediator. The answer of Israel will be presented later, according to a statement.
Exchange, which is expected to start on Saturday afternoon, follows Letting go on SundayThe first day of interruption of fire, three Israeli and 90 Palestinian prisoners, the first such exchange after more than a year.
In the six -week first phase of interrupting fire in Gaza, Israel agreed to free 50 Palestinian prisoners for each liberated soldier, officials said.
This suggests that 200 Palestinian prisoners will be released this weekend in exchange for four Israelis.
However, some Israeli media reports show that the list is not in accordance with the trial terms and that Israel expected certain civilians to be included in the last release list.
“Israel wanted the civilians to be released first, then the soldiers, and then those who were considered extremely ill as part of the first phase of this agreement,” reported Al Jazeerin Hamduh Salut of Amman in Jordan.
From the liberation of three women on Sunday and pulling the body of an Israeli soldier who has disappeared for a decade, Israel said that 94 Israelis and foreigners were still detained in Gaza.
The interruption of fire, reached after months of negotiations with the mediation of Qatar and Egypt and with the support of the United States, stopped the fighting for the first time since the trial, which lasted only a week in November 2023.
In the first phase, Hamas agreed to release 33 prisoners in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons.
In the next phase, the two sides should negotiate the exchange of remaining prisoners and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, which mainly lies in ruins after 15 months of fighting and Israeli bombing.
Israel War on Gaza killed at least 47,283 Palestinians and wounded 111,472 of October 7, 2023. At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the attack led by Hamas that day and more than 200 were captured.
