Israel's government and Hamas agreed on Wednesday to a four-day pause in fighting to allow the release of 50 hostages held in Gaza in exchange for 150 Palestinians imprisoned in Israel, and the entry of humanitarian aid into the besieged enclave.

GAZA/TEL AVIV, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Israel’s government and Hamas agreed on Wednesday to a four-day pause in fighting to allow the release of 50 hostages held in Gaza in exchange for 150 Palestinians imprisoned in Israel, and the entry of humanitarian aid into the besieged enclave.

  • Annoyed_🦀 English
    14•10 months ago

    Dang, finally, 50 is still small amount but hopefully this lead to more. More importantly is the flow of humanitarian aid

    Israeli media said the first release of hostages was expected on Thursday. Implementing the deal must wait for 24 hours to give Israeli citizens the chance to ask the Supreme Court to block the release of Palestinian prisoners, reports said.

    Wouldn’t that break the truce??

    • @steventhedevEnglish
      11•10 months ago

      Presumably there are “alternates” if there are objections to a specific person being released. One of the conditions is that no one who was convicted of murder will be released, so it may include someone who only gravely injured someone, rather than actually killed someone.

      If you can find the list you can search each name. There well likely be some news articles about each one.

      EDIT:

      The full list (in Hebrew) is here: https://www.gov.il/he/Departments/DynamicCollectors/is-db

      Israeli press is already raising some objections to those who were being held for attempted murder - including one woman who repeatedly stabbed a mother in front of her kids.