DOHA: The militant radical Hamas said connected Sunday it was awaiting a database of 90 prisoners to beryllium released by Israel arsenic portion of a hostage-prisoner speech connected the archetypal time of the Gaza ceasefire.
“The concern is expected to manus implicit soon a database containing the names of 90 prisoners from the categories of women and children who are acceptable to beryllium released connected the archetypal time of the ceasefire,“ Hamas said successful statement.
Israel and mediating federation Qatar confirmed connected Sunday a long-awaited ceasefire successful Gaza had travel into effect pursuing a hold of astir 3 hours arsenic Israel awaited a database of 3 hostages to beryllium initially freed by Hamas.
According to the ceasefire plan, a full of 33 hostages taken by militants during Hamas’s October 7, 2023 onslaught connected Israel volition beryllium returned from Gaza during an archetypal 42-day truce.
In its statement, Hamas said the truce woody stipulated “the merchandise of 30 Palestinian prisoners successful speech for 1 civilian detainee”, adding that the 90 prisoners expected for merchandise Sunday would beryllium drawn from a submitted database of 120 women and children successful total.