At least 60,000 prefabricated housing units and 200,000 tents should be delivered to Gaza during the first phase of the agreement, except for the ruins cleaning equipment, according to a copy of the text of the agreement seen by the New York Times.
From Friday, it remained unclear if Israel again allowed the supplies of supplies to enter Gaza. Omer Dostri, Prime Minister Benjamin’s spokesman Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, said on Thursday that Israel does not allow the prefabricated housing or heavy construction equipment, not explaining the explanation. He didn’t say if that could change.
But although the contract appears on the way to the near future, the breakthrough has encouraged further pessimism over whether the truce will last. The first phase should expire in early March, and Israel and Hamas have not yet agreed on the conditions to expand the agreement.
Indirect conversations were supposed to start during the second phase last week, including negotiating the end of the war, letting the remaining living hostages and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.
But on Thursday, Mr. Dostri said that Israel “is not currently negotiating in the second phase of the agreement.” Mr. Netanyahu faced the pressure of members of his right -wing management coalition to continue the fight against Hamas after growing up six weeks.
Three Israeli prisoners were held by a numbered from October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel in which 1,200 people were killed and 250 took hostages. All three were abducted from Nir Oz, an Israeli border community relaxed by attack; About a quarter of 400 inhabitants were killed or abducted.
For the Iaira Horn family, his edition will most likely be bitter. His brother, Eitan Horn, is not included on the list of 33 of Israel’s hostages released, which means that his freedom was delayed in the foggy “second phase”.
Iair Horn was a longtime member of Nir Oz who operated the local pub. Eitan visited his brother on a holiday weekend when the Hamas attack began, According to their fatherItzik Horn, who added that he lost contact with them shortly afterwards.
“Let them release all Palestinian prisoners we have here, all terrorists – what interests me,” Mr. Horn said in an interview with the New York Times in December 2023. “The most important thing is not to beat Hamas. The only victory here is to bring all the hostages back.”
Mr. Dekel-Chen, the father of three young daughters, was taken while working at the Nir Oz machine workshop in the morning. He never met his third daughter, who was born two months after his abduction, states in the forum to represent hostages and missing families.
His father, Jonathan Dekel-Chen, has tirelessly advocated release, including trips to the White House to meet with US officials. He criticized the Israeli government, which he claimed had not done enough to release the prisoners earlier.
G. Troufanov, an Amazon branch engineer, was abducted by a smaller militant group, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, who also confirmed on Friday that he would be released. His father was killed during the attack under the leadership of Hamas, and his mother, grandmother and girlfriend also took hostages. They were released along with more than 100 other hostages during the week of tribute in November 2023.
In November, Palestinian Islamic jihad posted a video hostage in which Mr Troofanov, in which he appeared tired, with an undiscovered beard and bags under his eyes. He mentioned the lack of food and water.
