The countdown is on. The moment that Hamas hand over Israeli hostages, As stated in the agreement for peace in Gaza, it is getting closer, although some doubts persist.
This Sunday, the Netanyahu cabinet spokesman Shosh BedroSion, He clarified that his arrival was scheduled for the early hours of this Monday, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is already “prepared to immediately receive” all those who are about to arrive.
The deadline to release those detained is set at 12:00 noon (11:00 Spanish peninsular time)
According to the agreement reached with Hamas and promoted by the United States, Israel will release 2,000 Palestinians who remain detained in its prisons, 250 of them sentenced to life imprisonment, in exchange for the 48 hostages still kidnapped in Gaza, of whom an estimated 20 are still alive.
Even so, not everything is closed in the negotiations, since Hamas wants to make the most of the remaining hours until dawn on the day of liberation. They claim to be carrying out “intense contacts” with the mediators to “improve the lists of Palestinian prisoners” who will be released as part of the ceasefire.
Israel, for its part, has so far not wanted to make public the complete list of the 2,000 Palestinian detainees that it will release to comply with its part of the agreement.
According to the Palestinian Prisoners Media Office “the names and all details related to the agreement will be announced immediately after negotiations are concluded and the final lists are approved, including the last name.
Humanitarian aid begins to enter Gaza
Almost simultaneously, Hamas finalizes details to free remaining hostages and their distribution at the different points from which they will be released, according to the Qatari network Al Jazeera.
These will be delivered from three different locations from the Strip to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which will be responsible for his return to Israel.
While Hostage Square in Tel Aviv has been in suspense since Friday, with thousands of people gathered awaiting release, the first trucks of humanitarian aid begin to enter Gaza, thus fulfilling another part of the agreement reached thanks to Trump.
“The campaign is not over”
The Islamist group continues to use weapons despite its promise to abandon them. This Sunday, local militias and Hamas police have clashed in a shootout which has had as its victim the son of Basem Naim, one of the members of the group’s political leadership.
Wait for the release of the hostages in Tel Aviv
“We are pursuing the vestiges of the (Israeli) occupation and the mercenaries who collaborate with it. We will continue until security is restored in our beloved Gaza Strip,” the Radea Force (part of the Hamas Police) stated in a statement.
In the images that have been released from the area, several of these hooded police officers can be seen. opening fire in the Sabra neighborhood from the center of the Gazan capital. In addition, the local press warns that the Hamas police were facing the Dogmush clan, one of the largest families in this neighborhood.
The justification of the Islamist group is none other than the accusations leveled at the Dogmush of having collaborated with the Israeli Army to end Hamas from inside Gaza.
For its part, Netanyahu also assured this Sunday that Israel continues to face “big challenges” in terms of security, alleging that “enemies” of the country are trying to recover to attack it again.
That is why he has stated that the “campaign has not ended”, although “where they fight, they win”. These undetermined enemies could complicate the ceasefire and the cessation of attacks in the Gaza Strip.
Egypt prepares
The spa town of Sharm el Sheikhin Egypt, prepared on Sunday to host the signing ceremony of the peace plan for Gaza.
According to the Egyptian Presidency, the event “aims to end the war in the Gaza Strip, intensify efforts for peace and open a new era of security and stability in the Middle East”, in line with President Trump’s vision to “achieve lasting peace in the region.”
The meeting will be headed by the Egyptian president, Abdelfatah al-Sisiand his American counterpart, Donald Trumpwho will make a previous stop in Israel before going to the venue.
There will be no shortage of other international leaders, among whom is the President of the Government, Pedro Sanchezwho retired before the celebration of the National Day so, as he explained to journalists, he could travel and arrive in Egypt on time.