More prisoner releases expected on second day of truce between Israel and Hamas
Palestinians awaited the release of more prisoners from Israeli-occupied prisons on Saturday, the second day of a ceasefire agreement between the Islamic Resistance Movement (Islamic Resistance Movement).agitation) and Israel, lasts 4 days and can be extended.
Qatar, along with Egypt and the United States, was the main mediator of the truce agreement, which provides for the exchange of 50 detainees in Gaza in exchange for the release of 150 Palestinian prisoners by Israel.
Yesterday Friday, Israel released 39 Palestinians, 15 children and 24 women, while Hamas released 24 detainees, 13 Israelis and 10 Thais.
Qatar is scheduled to announce today (Saturday) the number of prisoners from both sides released that day.Israeli authorities say they have received a list of detainees who can leave Gaza Saturday without specifying its quantity or expected release time.
Israeli occupying forces estimate that Hamas detained approximately 240 people in one operation al aqsa floods October 7 last year.
On the other hand, according to the latest statistics from the “Palestinian Prisoners Club”, the number of Palestinian detainees has reached more than 7,000, including more than 200 children, 78 female prisoners, and hundreds of sick and wounded, some of whom are Palestinians. More than 2,920 Palestinians are among those in need of urgent medical intervention. Israeli authorities have arrested them since the war in the Gaza Strip broke out on October 7.
Yesterday Friday, Palestinians rejoiced at the return of prisoners released by Israel in accordance with the agreement, as happened in Betouniya and Nablus refugee camps. When Palestinian prisoners landed in Betouniya, they were received by large crowds, Many chanted “Allahu Akbar” and set off firecrackers, igniting the atmosphere and participants held up some of the freed people with Palestinian flags on their shoulders. Israel, for its part, banned any celebrations in East Jerusalem.
return of displaced persons
The ceasefire has brought some peace to Gaza residents following violent Israeli bombings and continued massacres of civilians.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that 196 trucks carrying humanitarian aid, including food, water and medical supplies, passed through the Rafah crossing yesterday Friday, the largest aid convoy to Gaza since the beginning of Israel’s aggression against the Gaza Strip. Adding that since October 21 of last year, approximately 1,759 trucks have entered the Las Vegas Strip.
Yesterday, Friday, tens of thousands of residents began leaving the schools and hospitals where they had taken refuge at dawn and returning to their homes in the eastern border areas of Khan Younis, Rafah, Brighi, Magazi and other areas. , and Deir al-Balah, which they left a few weeks ago.
But leaflets airdropped in the Israeli-occupied territories warned that “the war is not over yet.” The occupying forces considered the northern third of the Gaza Strip, where Gaza City is located, a war zone and ordered all civilians to leave. The leaflet warned that “return to the north is prohibited and extremely dangerous”.
Despite the warning, thousands of Palestinians tried to return to northern Gaza on Friday, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Since October 7 last year, Israel has carried out devastating bombings on the Gaza Strip, killing 14,854 martyrs, including 6,150 children and more than 4,000 women. According to Israeli authorities, some 36,000 people were injured and 1,200 Israelis were killed by the Palestinian resistance during Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.
