A main leader of Hamas says that the militant group will release six live Israeli hostages on Saturday and the bodies of another four on Thursday, a surprise increase that apparently comes from Israel that allows mobile houses and construction equipment in the devastated strip of Gaza.
The six are the last hostages that are released under the first phase of the high fire. The sides at war have not yet negotiated the second phase and more difficult, in which Hamas says that he will release dozens more than hostages in exchange for a durable fire and an Israeli withdrawal.
The leader of Hamas, Khalil Al-Hayya, in pre-recorded comments, said that the “Bibas family” would be included in the delivery of four bodies, apparently referring to Shiri Bibas and their two young children, Ariel and Kfir, who for many Israeli incarnate The captives' situation.
Israel has not confirmed its deaths, and the prime minister's office urged the public not to distribute “photos, names and rumors.”
Israel has said that he was seriously concerned about the Bibas family, while Hamas said they were killed in an Israeli air attack at the beginning of the war. Yarden Bibas, the husband and the father, was kidnapped separately and released this month.
Kfir, who was 9 months at that time, was the youngest hostage taken in the attack of October 7, 2023 of Hamas that triggered the war. A kidnapping video showed Shiri wrapping his red -haired children in a blanket and that armed men took him.
An Israeli official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with the regulations, said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had agreed to allow mobile houses and construction equipment requested in Gaza to be requested as part of the efforts to accelerate the release of hostages .
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Last week, Hamas threatened to make launches, citing the refusal to allow in mobile homes and heavy equipment, among other alleged rapes of the truce.
Israel is expected to continue releasing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, including many life imprisonment for mortal attacks, in exchange for hostages. Others were arrested without charge. During the first phase, Israel must also free all women and children seized from Gaza since the war began.
The Palestinians want to stay in their homeland
The high fire that began in mid -January has stopped the most fatal fight between Israel and Hamas, received help in devastated Gaza and allowed hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to return to their homes while the Israeli forces withdrew from much of the territory.
The Israelis and the Palestinians marked 500 days of war on Monday.
The main challenges are ahead. The Israel government says it wants to eliminate the military and government capabilities of Hamas in Gaza. But the militant group quickly reaffirmed its control of the territory during the high fire despite losing leaders and many combatants.
In addition, the proposal of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, to permanently eliminate the population of Gaza of about 2 million Palestinians so that the United States can rebuild the territory has been rejected by the Arab world and the Palestinians, who say they want stay in your homeland. Egypt is working on a contrapper to rebuild without moving Palestinians.
Israel has adopted the plan, and he and the Trump administration have emphasized that they share the same objectives in the war.
The Israelis were horrified by the view of three hostages demacrated in a previous launch this month, and the revelations about the hostages that remain alone, barefoot or in chains have increased the pressure on the Netanyahu government to continue with the next phase of The alpa. Several Palestinians released from Israeli prisons have shown emaciation, and some have informed abuses, including balls.
The fears of the fight will resume
According to the current phase, Hamas is gradually releasing 33 Israeli hostages, eight of which are believed to be dead. If the next releases leave as planned, four bodies will remain and will be scheduled to be returned next week.
The militants led by Hamas would still contain about 60 captives, around half that are believed to be dead.
The current phase of Alto El Fuego ends in early March, and there are fears that the fight resumes. The conversations in the second phase began earlier this month.
The militants killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapped around 250 in the October 7 attack. More than half of the captives have been released in high fire agreements and other agreements, while eight have been rescued in military operations.
Israel's air and land war killed more than 48,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, which does not say how many were combatants. The offensive destroyed vast areas of Gaza and displaced most of its population of 2.3 million.
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