Israel and Hamas accused each other on Sunday of violating the already fragile agreement on the termination of fire after Israel delayed the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners who were supposed to be replaced for hostages.
The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, Benjamin Netanyahu, said that prisoners would not be released until further hostages “certainly”, and Hamas pledged to let them go without “humiliating ceremonies”.
Growing tensions come after a week of recruitment and strained nerves on both sides. The delay has asked more questions about the future of the Gaza tribute, with temporary, six weeks of tribute that will expire at the end of the week.
There is no clarity yet about the possible extension or even whether serious negotiations have started. Some members of the Israeli right -wing government press on the continuation of the fight after the initial stages of the story, which provided a briefly dormant in an devastating war that launched an attack driven by Hamas on Israel on October 7th. , 2023.
Hamas posted six of Israeli on Saturday, the last living prisoners who were released in the first phase of a frightened fire. He had before deliver The remains of four soils, including mother, Shiri Bibas and her two young children, who were all alive during October. Israel in turn had to release 620 Palestinian prisoners and detainees, the largest group of detainees to be released since the firefighter in Gaza began last month, but this delayed the move, stating what Mr. Netanyahu’s office described as Hamas’s “cynical” exploitation ” for propaganda purposes.
Hamas has published hostages in performance ceremonies intended to show that he still has control over Gaza, a practice that many Israeli officials have condemned. On Saturday, five of the six living hostages were paraded on stage, on stage, lined with masked armed at theater ceremonies of handover in Gaza, which encouraged anger in Israel. Anger was further inflamed when Hamas posted a propaganda video on Saturday night, showing two more Israeli hostages who were forced to watch three of their colleagues of prisoners released.
More than once, putting their modest heads in his hands, the couple, on the camera, prayed for their freedom. Rights group And international law experts say that the video for hostage, by definition, is made under coercion, and the statements in it are usually forced. Israeli officials have called the past Hamas videos with the form of a “psychological war”, and experts say that their production can be a war crime.
In a statement early on Sunday, Mr Netanyahua’s office accused Hamas of violating his agreement with Israel and saying that the release of prisoners had been delayed “until the release of the following hostages and without humiliating ceremonies.” On Thursday, Hamas should surrender the bodies of the four deaths of Israelis under the conditions of the initial phase of the tribute.
Izat al-Rishq, a member of the Hamas political office, said in a later statement on Sunday that Mr. Netanyahu’s decision to delay the prisoner “reflects a deliberate attempt to disrupt the agreement.”
