With the expectation that the Israeli government will vote this evening, Thursday, on the terms of the first phase of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza and the exchange of prisoners, consultations continued in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, on some final details, with the participation of mediators (Qatar, Egypt, and the United States).
While no details were provided about the list of Palestinian prisoners and the names of those who will be released from the Israeli side. The Israeli Prisons Authority also clarified that it has not yet received the names of the prisoners who will be released.
No release of Barghouti
However, an Israeli government spokeswoman confirmed that the famous Fatah leader, Marwan Barghouti, would not be among those released.
While Israeli sources confirmed that the bodies of former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and his brother Muhammad, who was killed last May, will not be included in the exchange deal, according to what was reported by the official Israeli Broadcasting Corporation.
While it has become almost known that Hamas will hand over all living Israeli prisoners next Monday, after the start of the withdrawal of Israeli forces from some parts of the Palestinian Strip tomorrow, Friday.
“Beginning the withdrawal first.” Hamas had made clear earlier today that Israel must withdraw from the main cities in Gaza tomorrow, Friday. It added that “the exchange of hostages and prisoners will not begin until after the ceasefire and the withdrawal from the crowded cities.”
It also revealed that “250 life sentences will be released by Israel,” according to this agreement announced by US President Donald Trump yesterday evening, Wednesday.
In addition, the movement indicated that “the agreement stipulated the opening of 5 crossings to bring aid into the Gaza Strip.” She confirmed that she had received “guarantees from America and the mediators that Israel will not return to combat operations.”
At the same time, the Israeli army announced the start of taking practical measures to redeploy, as he put it.
It is noteworthy that Trump, who announced yesterday evening that a consensus had been reached between Israel and Hamas on the first phase of the Gaza plan, described this step as a great achievement.
While many Western and Arab countries welcomed this consensus, which paves the way for an end to a bloody war that lasted two years, turned most of the Palestinian Strip into rubble, and forced hundreds of thousands of residents to be displaced more than once.
The war also led to the death of more than 17,000 Palestinians, according to estimates by health authorities in Gaza.
