Hamas to let six Israeli prisoners, surrender four bodies this week | Israel-Palestine News of Conflict

Hamas will release six Israeli prisoners this week and hand over the bodies of four others as part of Gauze cessation of fire The agreement, said the group leader in the enclave.

Khalil al-Hayya, head of the Palestinian group in Gaza, said that the handover of the body will be held in Gaza on Thursday and that six living Israeli prisoners will be announced on Saturday.

“Hamas, along with resistance, has proven his seriousness in implementing a full liability agreement,” he said on Tuesday. “We emphasize the need to commit the occupation in the implementation of all provisions of the agreement without delay.

The Office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed that the Egypt talks resulted in a agreement on the release of six living prisoners of Israel on Saturday as part of the first phase of an agreement with a tribute with Hamas.

Israel will also receive bodies from four dead prisoners on Thursday, four more bodies later next week, according to a statement.

The first phase of the ceasefire, which are the mediators of the United States, Qatar and Egypt, should expire on March 1. Negotiations on the following stages, including the permanent end of the war, have not yet begun.

Amman reporting, Jordan, Al Jazeera Hamdah Salhut said that editions could be the main development regarding the negotiations on the second phase of the tribute.

“Hamas said they were doing it because they want the second phase to happen. The Israelis are looking for it about a week, saying that they want the bodies of some prisoners to be released before the end of the first phase,” she said.

Salhut noted that on Thursday, the bodies of Bibas family members would be expected. In November 2023. Hamas announced that the family had been killed at the Israeli air strike.

Husband and father Yards It was published last month as part of the first phase of a tribute agreement.

“The Israeli army said they had a lot of concern about the fate of their mother and her two children, but did not confirm if they had been killed. Hamas now confirms that they will publish the bodies,” Salhut added.

Former General Director of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Alon Liel, pointed out that Hamas returned the bodies of Israeli prisoners to the Red Cross, “could have a devastating effect on the Israeli public.”

He said he would shock the Day of Sorrow in Israel in Israel.

“But it’s even better than getting nothing of Hamas. We would love to have all the living hostages and bodies in Israel as soon as possible,” Liel said.

Israel seeks ‘maximum flexibility’ in conversations

Israel and Hamas agreed Until the termination of fire in Gaza on January 19, after more than 460 days of war that devastated Palestinian territory.

However, Israel violated the truce in Gaza 266 times, killing at least 132 people, Palestinian security sources for Al Jazeera said on Tuesday.

Since the interruption of the fire came into force, Israeli leaders also discussed the possibility of direct return to the fight in Gaza, with the extreme right -wing ministers in Netanyahu’s cabinet who advocated for a military occupation of the enclave, while US President Donald Trump invited for forcibly Moving Palestinians from Gaza.

Mohamad Elmasry, a professor of the Diphomic Study of Doha, told Al Jazeera, said Israel seeks “maximum flexibility” before the potential conversation on the second phase of the Hamas trial agreement.

“On the one hand, whispering that at least some in the Israeli government want to move to the second phase of gauze’s ceasefire and [US President] The Donald Trump envoy from the Middle East said he was convinced that he would be the second phase. All this seems to be positive, “Elmasry said.

“On the other hand, Israel and now have somehow talked on both sides of their mouths, because they still talk about the complete eradication of Hamas and Trump’s forced expulsion and ethnic cleansing plan for Gaza,” Elmasry added.

On Tuesday, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said Israel would start negotiations “This week” The second phase From the Agreement on the termination of fire in Gaza.

“We had a security cabinet meeting yesterday. We decided to open negotiations in the second phase. This will happen this week,” Saar said about the conversations, which were originally to start on February 3.

He added that Israel demands “total gauze demilitarization and no presence of Palestinian authorities.”