No Gaza ceasefire except Israel will get checklist of hostages to be launched: Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday stated that he wouldn’t transfer ahead with the Gaza ceasefire settlement except Iran-backed terror group Hamas shares the checklist of 33 hostages who will probably be launched from Palestine.
“We won’t transfer ahead with the settlement till we obtain the checklist of hostages who will probably be launched, as agreed. Israel won’t tolerate violations of the settlement. The only real accountability lies with Hamas,” Netanyahu stated in a submit on X.
Netanyahu’s warning got here a day forward of the ceasefire cope with Hamas that includes releasing Israeli hostages from the Gaza Strip, and the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) halting new assaults within the enclave.
In response to information company Reuters, 33 of the 98 remaining Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas are anticipated to be freed on this section of the ceasefire deal mediated by Qatar. In alternate, Israel can even free round 2,000 Palestinians who’re at present lodged in a number of prisons.
The deal will go into impact on Sunday (January 19) at 8.30 am native time (0630 GMT), mediator Qatar introduced earlier within the day.
The ceasefire settlement will put an finish to the 15-month-long warfare between Israel and Hamas, the governing authority in Gaza. The battle has induced widespread devastation within the Gaza Strip, claiming the lives of tens of hundreds of Palestinians, and contributed to instability within the Center East.
This section of the ceasefire deal will final for 42 days and discussions over the second section are anticipated to start in two weeks.
In the meantime, Israeli airstrikes continued on Saturday, and Gaza’s Well being Ministry stated 23 our bodies had been dropped at hospitals within the final 24 hours.
The Hamas-led October 7, 2023 assault killed round 1,200 Israelis and left some 250 others captive. Israel responded to the assault with an offensive that has killed greater than 46,000 Palestinians, in response to native well being officers, who don’t distinguish between civilians and militants however say ladies and youngsters make up greater than half the useless.
