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Hamas delayed the release of the hostages after claims that Israel did not fulfill its part of the ceasefire deal...
Hamas has released the second contingent of hostages. Although they were expected to be released a few hours ago, the beam has been raised by Hamas only now, due to the tensions it had regarding humanitarian aid.
The Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman stated that 13 Israelis and several foreign nationals who were being held hostage by Hamas have been released and are under the care of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza. The first agreement between the two parties was the release of 13 hostages, but due to delays, more than 20 hostages have been released.
Hamas delayed the release of the hostages after claims that Israel did not fulfill its part of the ceasefire agreement. Hamas spokesman Osama Hamdan said 340 aid trucks had entered Gaza since yesterday, but only 65 of them had reached northern Gaza. Hamdan then declared that he would delay the release of the hostages until the aid trucks reach Gaza.
While Israel gave an ultimatum to Hamas that if it does not release the hostages by midnight, the agreement will be broken and a military ground operation will be launched again in Gaza.
Qatar, which is the main mediator between Israel and Hamas, as the militant group has an operations office in Doha, said talks were going well and the hostages would be released soon.
Under the agreement reached between the two governments, Hamas will release 50 hostages in exchange for 150 Palestinian prisoners in Israel as part of a four-day ceasefire, while there will also be increased humanitarian aid to Gaza.
On the second day of the release of hostages, it is about more than 20 hostages, eight Israeli children, five women and some foreign citizens, while on the Israeli side 33 Palestinian children and six women will be released, the ratio is 1 hostage for 3 prisoners.
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